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Originally Posted by wa8yxm
I have a shorter version of the same pole but can easily "Extend" it by creating the proper "mount". It should work much the same.
I am working on assorted antennas. Currently when I can't find a handy tree I use a 4BTV fed by the KAT-1 tuner (Equivalent of yours but for my radio). It however does not work well on 75 meters.
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Yes the elements on mine are pretty good diameter and are mostly flat across the voice bands enough so when I tune them with the Bird AT 100 I don't need to use a tuner with the radio they are all marked where they fit together so it's just a matter of clamping they down. I all so have a 40/80 meter that fits in the top of the posts as an inverted V made from ladder line but that takes up a lot of real-estate and does require the tuner it's a full 1/2 wave on 80. Usually I'm some where I can play with the big antennas but it can be an issue at a camp ground. I do a demonstration for the boy scouts at a local camp ground I work for part time but I get a nice open field to camp in that's a lot of fun and last year I was the "gota" guy during field day hard some much fun on 15M I'm going to do it again!