We've been working on adding a s9v18 here. A HUGE thank you to the XYL for helping me with running radials. I finally received the LMR-400 feedline on Friday, right before I had to head up north for a fantastic fishing weekend for a buddies bachelor party. Today I was finally able to put that feedline into the ground/house and try out the antenna...with only 20 of the planned 32 radials into the ground, none of which headed east, I was able work Germany, Netherlands, California, Belgium, Canary Islands, and France... and the night is still really young. My wife had to listen to me switch between the vertical and the fan dipole at least five times ( with all the relays in the LDG at-200 rattling away each time) before I was REALLY happy with the noise level on the new vertical. As a side note it's a huge improvement on noise on 14.230/SSTV. Now I just need to lay the last 12 radials and it should be even better. Anyway, hoping to meet you on the air.... especially if your on digital in WY since that is the last state I need for digital WAS.... 73, de N0QBX
For anyone interested. I run this with an LDG autotuner and the Balun Designs 4:1 UNUN, and 75ft of LMR-400. I'm able to tune it from the low end of 6m thru 80m. Obviously it isn't the best antenna on 80, but I can normally work the US/Canada, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America consistently and have made it as far as Russia on 80. It is everything I could have hoped for in a small antenna from 10-20 while still being very usable on 30,40,80m.
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