"Irv Finkleman" wrote in message
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David Browne wrote:

hi has any one used this ant, will it tune to 40 meters using atu
thanks dave browne

An ATU will tune almost anything to any band. How effective this will be
as an antenna is highly debatable. In the absence of anything else, you
can always give it a try on air. Antenna's are very funny things -- you
would sometimes be surprised, especially during good signal conditions at
which times I have successfully loaded up my toolbox while it was lying on
the floor and worked a few stations!

For my first 25 years of hamming I was always in locations where I could
not
put up a decent antenna. Using random wires and assorted other antennas,
very
few of which could rightly be called 'decent' antennas, I managed to get
out
and have a good time on the bands using an ATU and loading anything at
hand!

On the other hand, you could always make the cross arms longer and
fit a 40 meter element on it. Another alternative would be to use a
loaded
element.

Irv VE6BP
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Hi all

On the other hand, you could always make the cross arms longer and
fit a 40 meter element on it. Another alternative would be to use a loaded
element.

done that and it works ok, got the necessary bits from Mr Webb.
the whole lot then needs support to each arm to stop the excessive drooping
or it may/will snap, the arms get very.

david