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I have two (a102 ft and a 204ft)and the are indestructible

I thought I was able to copy your call, but I guess not. Any 9 station check in with a 2x3 that ends with PS?

you probably heard xx9PFx he did pretty good with his 5 watts. I know my antenna doesn't do bad, but it is definitely directional E-W. South is my weakest direction.
the New Carolina Windom is strung with the long end to the north at 60 ft the south end is in a blue spruce tree at 25 ft.
the antenna is slightly NW-SE with the house about straight south of the balun and vertical radiator. House has a steel roof and is about 25 ft high. That about totally blocks the vertical portion of the antenna to the south.
I loaned my lift out so it wasn't here when I installed the antenna. Since it is home I want to move the south end up to about 40 ft so the antenna is in the clear above the roof of the house.
In the 2 1/2 weeks that this antenna has been up I am very pleased with it but there is always room for improvement. Do I need to hook up the TS-430S/SB-200 and run 600 watts for the net?
That rig is stored for now. not enough room on the desk. Also need to run a new AC line here to drive the amp before using that rig.

KM, I had a really good copy on you the whole time, on the far east side of Indy. ( xx9PFx )

Yep, I love digital modes, Contestia, DominoEx, Feld Hell, MFSK-16, Throb and Thor are others that I have tried. JT-65 is probably my favorite for working through a lot of noise, I have worked stations not only sub audible but also nearly invisible on the waterfall.

Faintly. KC9XXX, in WI. I heard you read back your screen name. Well.. I heard you mention AA, and a bunch of 7's and 8's.

You might have been close enough to be the only who had a chance of copy'g me..... ended "Alpha Mike Alpha" ??

Pretty sure I heard you...

I heard you in Indy. Lot of static, but readable. ( xx9PFx )

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That antenna, with a tuner, will work 75 m, 40 m, 20 m, 17 m, 15 m, and 10 m.

Without tuner, it will work the upper end of 75 m, all of 40 and 20 meters.

17, 15, and 10 meters are in the 3-3.5:1 SWR range, and a tuner easily handles it with almost no loss.

You an also just copy the 75 m portion for a separate antenna.

It works. Field Day we used two, one on 20 and 15 m, the other on 40 m. I worked, from the LA gulf coast, NC, SC, FL, GA, AL, MS, all over TX, AR, OH, TN, and more.

But I was also able to work all over my state, stations as close as 60 miles, so the NVIS capability is there.

The other operator worked NY on 15 m, and San Diego, CA on 20 m, and generally, all over the USA.

AFM

Ugh another reason to hurry up and get my HF rig

you calling me a loud mouth? Well, whatever you are calling me I guess my IC-7000 and New Carolina Windom are working. I'm not saying it is the best antenna ever, but it fit the space I had available about the best of any.
I also have a multiband fan dipole here for 80,40 and 15 but couldn't hang it very well. G5RV same problem. Even though I have over 300 acres, trees, a metal roof and a 3 phase power line in front of the house still make it challenging to put up antennas with a reasonable feedline length. If I used 200 to 300 ft of feedline I could have some great antennas but may lose any gain in feedline loss.

Good Lord....I can only wish I had 300 acres!! If I did....I'd have a 160 meter sKywire loop antenna up. Loop antennas rock!!

There isn't much feed line loss with true ladded line.....just a thought... At 300' of length & 100 watts out, generic 600 ohm ladder line only has 0.108db loss (2.5 watts).

Regarding losses... LMR400 is your friend. It's expensive but with a 1:1 match at 28 mhz, the loss is something like 1.1 dB/100 feet. On 40 meters it's negligible - probably within the tolerance of the SWR meter. However the losses get HUGE when you don't have a 1:1 match. Because of that it's important to either use a tuned antenna or a good tuner. Also a remotely controlled tuner at the feedpoint would work great - that way you'd always have a 1:1 match and very low feedline losses.

Ladder line is a much cheaper way to avoid losses, but you have to take care to run it above the ground.