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Old 09-06-2008, 07:43 PM
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Default Cheap POS longwire

Having only a 10m antenna up, I decided to do some experimenting for antennas for HF. I didn't have any parts to make a typical dipole. What I did have was an old POS 50 ft extention cord with the ends cut off. I stripped the orange jacket off, seperated the 3 conductors, spliced two of them together giving me 100 ft of wire. One end is connected to my tuner which is capable of tuning a random length wire, from there it goes out the window of my second floor shackm and slopes down to the back yard.

At the moment it is only in a temp setup until I have time to work out something better. But I can't complain about it's performance.
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