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« on: November 16, 2013, 11:25:21 PM »
Spent the last two weeks working on the 1/2 wave 160 meter dipole. First, got the wire strung between two trees - 260 ft 12ga copperweld. Next, sunk ten wooden posts. Then I fabricated about 250 feet of homebrew OWL using 6 inch ceramic spreaders. Dusted off the homebrew tuner, and waddyaknow - success!! Now I got two antennas for the low bands!! See ya'll soon on 160, 75 es 40.

Ron

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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2013, 02:21:49 AM »
Looks good, Ron.

Bet it gets out with the best of them Cheesy.

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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2013, 09:18:13 AM »
antenna "A"......  antenna"B"    Will look for you on 160 for the necessary testing Ron....Looks good
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« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2013, 09:45:34 AM »
NICE!!
Looks like the VOA with the open wire feed and the poles heading towards the antenna site.
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« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2013, 11:22:03 AM »
Nice setup, Ron!

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« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2013, 12:54:17 PM »
Oh that's REAL RADIO!  I love it... makes my heart beat a bit faster just to see it. 

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« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2013, 01:31:50 PM »
Muscadine or Grape ?
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« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2013, 01:54:21 PM »
Grapes, Viking variety, didn't get 'em picked this year. Cedar waxwings are drunk. Shocked

Ron
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« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2013, 02:29:43 PM »
You could pump 50KW down that feedline eheheheh
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« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2013, 03:38:04 PM »
Mebbe 5KW. It's only 14ga, but real high quality stuff. Stranded silver coated copper. Whenever I do outdoor soldering, I use silver solder and a propane torch. Whatever the jacket is on this stuff, you can't destroy it with a flame. Should last for a while Smiley

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