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EARNING WAS AND WAC AND WORKING LOTS OF DX ON 15 METERS.  NOW ID LIKE TO
OFFER YOU THAT SAME THRILL BUILDING YOUR OWN ANTENNA AND WORKING DX WITH A
GAIN ANTENNA 20, 17, 12 AND 10 METER BANDS INCLUDED.  IF YOUVE FOLLOWED ME
THIS FAR YOURE NOW ASKING, YEAH, BUT A MULTI BAND MONOBANDER ISNT THAT AN
OXYMORON?  NOPE.  AFTER A LESS THAN GREAT PERFORMANCE IN LAST YEARS FIELD
DAY MOSTLY BECAUSE OF ANTENNAS I VOWED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD A NO
COMPROMISE, THREE ELEMENT BEAM THAT COULD BE EASILY RECONFIGURED FOR ANY
BAND FROM 20 THROUGH 10 METERS.  MY IDEAL ANTENNA HAD TO 1 BE RELATIVELY
INEXPENSIVE, 2 BE LIGHTWEIGHT, 3 HAVE A TELESCOPING BOOM SO IT COULD BE
COLLAPSED FOR COMPACTNESS, 4 HAVE FOLDABLE, TELESCOPING ELEMENTS, 5 BE
EASILY RE CONFIGURABLE FOR DIFFERENT BANDS WITHOUT USING ANY TOOLS, 6 HAVE
GOOD GAIN AND FRONT TO BACK VALUES, 7 USE PARTS THAT ARE EASY TO FIND AND 8
BE EASY TO BUILD.  PART OF MY DREAM ANTENNA WAS HIDING IN THE ARRL ANTENNA
BOOK.  THE PV4 MONOBANDER BY THE LATE ANTENNA GURU DR JAMES LAWSON, W2PV
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22,304 164 68 13 A W3JXP 21,294 169 63 24 A WB3AVD 16,200 150 54 10 A N3GJ
11,556 107 54 3 A N3UE 42,818 271 79 19 U 4 Alabama K4WI 205,600 1285 80 20
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