Comparing my R5, OCF dipole, 160m doublet, and ZS6BKW antennas on the 17 meter band

I haven’t posted an antenna video in a while, and I don’t think I ever covered the 17-meter band in a video. The opportunity presented itself this morning as I heard a strong station from Portland, Oregon. In this video I will cycle between all 4 of my antennas so you can see the positives and negatives of each, pertaining to the 17-meter band. I should note that I wasn’t using the antenna tuner for either antenna. They are all resonant on 27 meters.

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