IMAX 2000 FOR HF ?

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IMAX 2000 FOR HF ?

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I am intending to use a imax 2000 / thick coax / ldg z11 tuner / yaesu ft-840 radio on the hf bands untill i can aford something better, useing this set up will i need a ugly choke just under the antenna or not ?
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I use mine with a Kenwood 570 and it;s internal ATU, but only use the iMax between 20-30megs, its a bit crap below 20 to be fair.

Had decent contacts on 21 and 24 megs though, so should be fine. I don't use an coax coils or chokes, just straight-fed from 213 coax. Never had any issues.

Someone may have a better experience/advice though.....
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Re: IMAX 2000 FOR HF ?

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These 10-11m verticals show they tune up below 26mhz but my simple home made dipole knocks spots off my vertical on 20m.

Personally I'd forget the vertical for below 26mhz look at the cobweb plenty about the copies are cheaper than the original, mine worked the world on it good antenna for what they are or build some dipoles far better than the 10-11m antenna.

You may choose to stick with your original plan many tell you they work fine it's till you try something else you really notice the huge difference.
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