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I suppose there are many configurations that will work. But here is one that
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I know works. I have a 15 meter dipole (approximately 23 feet overall length) center fed with home made open wire line directly into my Z11 tuner. No balun, I just soldered the open wire to a PL-259. It loads on all bands from 40-10 (maybe 6, I haven't tried it). It doesn't seem to be too efficient on 40 but it works quite well 20-10. It's only about 8 feet above ground but I have worked all over Europe, South America and a couple of Japanese contacts. No 599 signal reports, but solid contacts. ----- 73, Rich - W3ZJ www.w3zj.com -----Original Message-----
From: pe3chi@... [mailto:pe3chi@...] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 10:29 AM To: FT817@... Subject: [FT817] Random Wire antenna I like to create a randomwire antenna for use with my FT-817. I first created a dipool antenna fed by a 50ohm coax. This was good enough to make my previously announced "First Contact". I now have this rig of my own, and also did buy an antenna tuner. The questions is: What is the easiest and shortest Randomwire I should create. How should it be fed and do I need to put in any resistors or baluns. Details: I don't have much space? I don't expect the length to exceed 15 meters. It does not have to be straight, so L-antenna is an option. I don't mind loosing the 160 and 80 meter bands. I like to have 6 - 40 meter band operational. I don't need outstanding performance on transmit, but it must be able to send with it. If you have any suggestions, and like to put graphics to explain, you can mail me directly (pe3chi@...). Another question: Anyone has any experience with sending on Base/Mobile HF verticals? Regards, Marco Netherlands Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: FT817-unsubscribe@... and for a great FAQ ( Frequently Asked Questions ) see Please note that your messages and files sent to this group become public domain upon submission and may appear anywhere on the Internet or in print without notice or compensation. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
