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ON THE AIR RESULTS THIS IS THE MOST VERSATILE ANTENNA SYSTEM IVE EVER USED,
AND ITS COMPONENTS ALLOW BASICALLY ANY ANTENNA CONFIGURATION YOU DESIRE.
YOU MAY NOT NEED TO USE AN ANTENNA TUNER, AS THE SWR IS TYPICALLY LESS THAN
2 1 ACROSS THE BANDS.  HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THE
ANTENNA TUNER MAY BE REQUIRED.  BUILD QUALITY CAN BE REFERRED TO AS MIL
SPEC TO ME, THAT MEANS RUGGED COMPONENTS BUILT TO LAST, AND NOT SO FLIMSY
THAT THEY BREAK AS YOU USE THEM.  I HAVE STEPPED ON THE BALUN MANY TIMES
AND THROWN IT INTO THE TRUNK AFTER A RAINFALL, AND THE KEVLAR WIRE IS
STRONG AND RUST FREE.  CHAMELEON ENSURES THAT EVERYTHING IS BUILT TO BE
HANDLED ROUGHLY AND LAST FOR A LONG TIME.  STAINLESS STEEL NUTS ROUND OUT
THE BUILD QUALITY.  I HAVE USED THIS ANTENNA IN ALL ITS CONFIGURATIONS,
FROM DEPLOYMENT TO EXPERIMENTATION, AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY WITH THE
RESULTS.  THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A SHORT COMPROMISE ANTENNA THAT WILL BE
SEVERAL S UNITS DOWN FROM THE STANDARD DIPOLE.  COMPARED TO A REGULAR
DIPOLE OR 20 METER VERTICAL, THE SIGNAL REPORTS SHOW COMPARABLE SIGNAL
STRENGTHS.  THE PRIME ADVANTAGE IS THAT I CAN ARRIVE AT A SITE AND SEE THAT
THERE ARE NO TREES AND USE THE VERTICAL COMPONENTS.  IF THERE ARE TREES,
THEN I CHOOSE THE SLOPER.  IF I WANT TO DO NVIS, THEN I CAN DO THAT WITH A
MAST/POLE TO KEEP THE ANTENNA AT THE RIGHT HEIGHT.  FOR POTA, FIELD DAY, OR
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