"Vinnie S." wrote in message
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I have a 2950 ready to go. I'll need a radio and antenna capable of 75
meters to go there.


Scott,

I have 2 antenna. Imax 2000 tunes from 10-17M easily. For 20-80, I have
the
Huslter 5BTV. For 150. you cannot beat it. It is built like a tank. I have
it
groundmounted in a wet swamp, and laid 3 ground radial wires each for
20-40-80.
I did not bury them, and just laid them on the ground. If you choose to do
this,
let me know. I can save you alot of time tweaking it. I learned the hard
way.

Vinnie S.

Why did you do that? According to Telstar Electronics, you only need 9
square feet of ground plane.



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Why did you do that? According to Telstar Electronics, you only need 9
square feet of ground plane.


I probably didn;t need them because of the water in the swamp. But I followed
the directions and specs. It took me about 1 1/2 days to tune it. The first day
I was scratchign my head with 3 and 4 SWR. I finally figured out that my autek
analyzer was broke. A standard SWR meter saidn I was pretty well tuned. The
biggest problen is adjusting, going back to the radio, and reading the meter. I
FRS radio and another person would have greatly reduced the tuning time. It
sould only take 1 hour or less.

Vinnie S.