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I am using the 300 Ohm sold by DX Engineering...Much better than the 450 LL in wet conditions, only need to "tweak" it when raining. Seems also to be very stable, wide bandwith. Tune at 3865 and can go from 3840- 3900 and never have to "tweak" it.
Reminds me of the BELDEN kw twin lead they sold for Military use back in the 70- 80's.
I like it much better. I used (2) of DX Eng. 80-10m Doublet kits to build it and had a big chunk of the 300 line left over Those "T" bar insulators are GREAT!

YEP your right...Half twist!

Yes, even at 40-45 ft it's HOT West & East (best West)....
However HOT off the corners also SW to NE and NW to SE...(ask Wavrider how it gets into FLA. from IND.)
BIG on 40 meters down under(ask VK rules!) and HOT into Europe and Northern Russia.(Smokes into Europe /Africa on 17m!!!)
I think if it was higher I would lose the corners, but maybe not?

Never run it through the EZNEC or any other antenna software, but be interesting to see!

Well that's the skinny...Good Luck, if you try one!
I would be interested in your perspective, after you've had it up 3-4 months down the log
All the Best
Gary

<blockquote data-quote="BJ radionut" data-source="post: 507423" data-attributes="member: 7026">I am using the 300 Ohm sold by DX Engineering...Much better than the 450 LL in wet conditions, only need to &quot;tweak&quot; it when raining. Seems also to be very stable, wide bandwith. Tune at 3865 and can go from 3840- 3900 and never have to &quot;tweak&quot; it.Reminds me of the BELDEN kw twin lead they sold for Military use back in the 70- 80&#039;s.I like it much better. I used (2) of DX Eng. 80-10m Doublet kits to build it and had a big chunk of the 300 line left over<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)"&nbsp; data-smilie="27"data-shortname="(y)" /> Those &quot;T&quot; bar insulators are GREAT!YEP your right...Half twist!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" />Yes, even at 40-45 ft it&#039;s HOT West &amp; East (best West)....However HOT off the corners also SW to NE and NW to SE...(ask Wavrider how it gets into FLA. from IND.)BIG&nbsp; on 40 meters down under(ask VK rules!) and HOT into Europe and Northern Russia.(Smokes into Europe /Africa on 17m!!!)I think if it was higher I would lose the corners, but maybe not?Never run it through the EZNEC&nbsp; or any other antenna software, but be interesting to see! Well that&#039;s the skinny...Good Luck, if you try one!I would be interested in your perspective, after you&#039;ve had it up 3-4 months down the log<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />All the BestGary</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BJ radionut, post: 507423, member: 7026"] I am using the 300 Ohm sold by DX Engineering...Much better than the 450 LL in wet conditions, only need to "tweak" it when raining. Seems also to be very stable, wide bandwith. Tune at 3865 and can go from 3840- 3900 and never have to "tweak" it. Reminds me of the BELDEN kw twin lead they sold for Military use back in the 70- 80's. I like it much better. I used (2) of DX Eng. 80-10m Doublet kits to build it and had a big chunk of the 300 line left over(y) Those "T" bar insulators are GREAT! YEP your right...Half twist!:confused: Yes, even at 40-45 ft it's HOT West & East (best West).... However HOT off the corners also SW to NE and NW to SE...(ask [B]Wavrider [/B]how it gets into FLA. from IND.) BIG on 40 meters down under(ask [B]VK rules![/B]) and HOT into Europe and Northern Russia.([B][I]Smokes[/I][/B] into Europe /Africa on 17m!!!) I think if it was higher I would lose the corners, but maybe not? [COLOR=#b30000][B]Never run it through the EZNEC or any other antenna software, but be interesting to see! [/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Well that's the skinny...Good Luck, if you try one! I would be interested in your perspective, after you've had it up 3-4 months down the log:) All the Best Gary[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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