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Reviews For: W9INN MPD-5 5-Band 10-80M

Category: Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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Review Summary For : W9INN MPD-5 5-Band 10-80M
Reviews: 11MSRP:
Description:
5 band resonant HF antenna
Product is in production
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00114.5
KI0BW Rating: 2000-03-06
Best Kept Secret in Ham Radio Time Owned: unknown months.
I use the 87 Ft Model. As the other review states the resonactors will not burn out with legal limit power. The coils are wound so that they dry out in normal weather and do not collect moisture or spider webs. The tuning stub method of resonating each band allows tuning of each, if you start with the 10 meter (shortest) band and work down to 80 Meters. I have never had a wire antenna that has shown flat SWR on all of the bands from 10 thru 80. While the WAF (wife acceptance factor) is not as high as would be with just a simple wire antenna, the inline coils (resonactors are about 2" in diameter and 2 1/2" long) and there are one foot wooden dowels seperating the two dipoles, it is worth listening to the noise from the XYL for the good resonance that the system provides. One of the net control stations told me to wait a minute before I responded so he could turn down his volume. And I was only running about half legal limit.

This antenna is worth the price if all you get from it is the education in antenna design and tuning.