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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">A simple dipole or inverted V is all
you need for 30 metres. Unfortunately 30 metres is a bit of an
odd one so far as coaxing operation on other amateur bands on the
same antenna is concerned. However they are easy to make and
work well. I think that's all that Ross (VK3MY) has ever used
for his HF gate station on APRS, and the performance of that
station has been excellent. ( I don't know if it's still in
operation - I haven't operated there for a while - perhaps next
weekend ). <br>
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If you are only looking to receive 30m signals than you will
probably get OK performance from almost any wire antenna - I can
hear APRS sigs at S9 on my OCF dipole cut for 40m as the starting
frequency. The test figures returned for operating it for TX on
30 metres are terrible so it's limited these. However it tests
and works OK on 40, 20, 10 and metres so it's an acceptable
compromise where multiband operation is required and coax feed is
necessary. <br>
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YMMV of course,<br>
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73<br>
<i>Terry VK5ATN </i> <br>
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