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Old February 15th 04, 05:13 PM
Tarmo Tammaru
 
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A side benefit of the trap dipole is that the traps act as loading coils on
the lower bands, and the antenna will be shorter than a dipole cut for the
lowest frequency. On 80 meters, unless you are talking about CW, ask
yourself if you really want it. Do some listening, and pay attention to what
power people are running. A 10 -40 antenna will be half the size.

Tam/WB2TT
"Bill Turner" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 07:50:58 GMT, "Steve Trook"
wrote:

Soon to be new to HF. I need help in choosing a dipole. I want to work
10-80 meters but low on space.....any ideas? help??


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If you don't need wide bandwidth, a trap dipole is simple and works
well. I use a W9INN type and am happy with it. 80 meter bandwidth is
pretty narrow, but if you focus on either CW or SSB, not both, it will
do.

If you want to go to a bit more trouble, install separate dipoles for
each band and use a remote switching device such as that made by MFJ.
The dipoles do not have to be straight; the ends can be bent to fit the
area and will do fine.

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73, Bill W6WRT
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