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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: JRandomFreeper

“11 meter lingo. I hate that. ;)”

I promise, and never have, used lingo over that bands.

When a microphone or a key is in my hand, I go all Coast Guard.

I have an upper deck overlaying a porch that I’ll be operating from, so I’ll probably us a outside corner brackcet to attach/detach an antenna from. Maybe the Spider antenna again...dunno.

Also, I’m thinking about putting a screened in structure with an aluminum roof over the upper deck which, with proper grounding, should give me a good ground plane.


111 posted on 07/08/2012 12:50:52 AM PDT by Puckster
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