OT: Help please - vert antenna for 40/80.

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OT: Help please - vert antenna for 40/80.

Darwin, Keith
I'd like some help / input from the experts on my plans for a 40/80
meter vert antenna.  Well, it's really a 40 meter antenna that can also
sort of work on 80.  Here's the plan.
 
Alum tubing approx 21-28 feet tall.  On the top I mount the Hustler 80
meter super resonator (the same "thing" that's on the the top of the
5BTV).  Adjust the length of the tubing plus the length of resonator
whip and somewhere I'll find a combination that resonates on 40 meters
and my favorite portion of 80.
 
As an added bonus, I'll use my manual semi-remote (in the garage) ATU to
match the whole mess on 30 meters.
 
Will it work?  Is it as easy as I've described?  I have the tubing and
the resonator.  I need a way to mount the resonator to the top of the
antenna.
 
- Keith KD1E -
- K2 5411 -
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RE: OT: Help please - vert antenna for 40/80.

Darwin, Keith
Oh, one more piece of info.  The ground system is 20 (so far) buried
radials, each 20 feet long.  An OK ground for 40 & 30 meters, not great
for 80.

- Keith KD1E -
- K2 5411 -

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Darwin
 
Alum tubing approx 21-28 feet tall.  On the top I mount the Hustler 80
meter super resonator (the same "thing" that's on the the top of the
5BTV).  Adjust the length of the tubing plus the length of resonator
whip and somewhere I'll find a combination that resonates on 40 meters
and my favorite portion of 80.
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