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To: JRandomFreeper
Negatory....early 90’s.

Field Day's that I've enjoyed have been in Minnesota.

One of them we flew a kite antenna. Nice.

Haven't been active the last few years, I've been contracting in Afghanistan.

However, this cycle back, I plan on exploring my options.

I live in a townhouse and I have to come up with a good/easy combination so that I can erect an antenna and take it down when I'm done after each CW session.

87 posted on 07/08/2012 12:04:56 AM PDT by Puckster
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To: Puckster
11 meter lingo. I hate that. ;)

Depending on frequency you plan to work at (and when during the day), there are some good stealth antennas using 4lb fishing line and very fine copper wire out to a tree.

There are also great foil tape folded dipoles for use with near vertical incidence skywave propogation.

I've got a 2 meter/440 j-pole built on an old broken tip fishing rod with brazing rod that has served me well for a few years.

I love field expedient antenna problems.

Yeah... I know. Weird for a cook, but we all have hobbies.

/johnny

95 posted on 07/08/2012 12:17:59 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Puckster

Lightweight conducting metal spines on a kite, instead of plastic or balsa wood. If you want, paint any exposed tips white. I really don’t know much about it, but if you need to I guess find a way to attach really fine wire to the top side of it.


98 posted on 07/08/2012 12:23:47 AM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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