About 6 months ago, I got the urge, after having moved, to
put the station back on the air. I ended up with a 102'
doublet antenna fed with home brew open wire line rather
than using traps or an off center feed with coax. The
results have been absolutely amazing.

I never thought I could sneak through a pile up to Russia
with just 100 watts.

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi

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"Everything from Crackers to Coffins"

"Jeffrey Angus" wrote

About 6 months ago, I got the urge, after having moved, to
put the station back on the air. I ended up with a 102'
doublet antenna fed with home brew open wire line rather
than using traps or an off center feed with coax. The
results have been absolutely amazing.

I never thought I could sneak through a pile up to Russia
with just 100 watts.

Welcome to the club! What are you using to match the line to the radio?

Howard N7SO

On 6/2/2011 5:01 PM, Howard Lester wrote:
Welcome to the club! What are you using to match the line to the radio?

Howard N7SO

MFJ 970B Versa Tuner.

Part of the problem here is being up on the 2nd floor with a porch roof
in the way. It puts the ground about 25' from the radio. A properly
balanced feed line eliminates the need for a "real" ground.

Although, I had a few RF issues with the station until I tied ALL the
equipment together with a solid ground buss behind it.

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi


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"Everything from Crackers to Coffins"