stormtracker78
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I just got an alinco dxr8t it's an upgrade from my grunding satellite 750 I was thinking either getting the chameleon emcomm2(with extended wire) or par fed antenna( normal size) or making my own with a hundred and so feet wire and a 9:1:1 un/un balun and RF choke with any of these antennas I was thinking about using an mfj 956 antenna passive preselector/tuner with the mfj 212 antenna tuner would those be good to use for the Alinco or just use the antennas with an RF choke and grounded of course, does anyone have this model and have done something else I'm basically trying to get 160 to 10 meters mostly SSB utility CW and rtty bands and sw broadcast bands I have a pretty good size backyard and I'm not under H O A restrictions although I would like to try to keep the antenna as unobtrusive as possible any recommendations or ideas would be most welcome also when I hang the wire do I hang it north to south or east to west I'm in Brownsville Texas the tip of Texas should I hang half of the wire north to south and then 45 degrees east and west I heard by the way we position the wire since it receives Broadband side in the northern hemisphere I'm not sure what side is best for amateur bands and shortwave broadcast bands