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For those of you not on Facebook to see the pictures from the build night Thursday evening, here are a few for you to see.

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We had a great turnout last night, and after some winding, cutting, and soldering, most folks went home with a nice 20/40m dipole antenna.??

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I took my dipole outside this evening and temporarily strung it up in the backyard to check out the resonance on the antenna.? Keep in mind when checking for your SWR, that height really will affect 40m more than 20m.? My antenna turned out to be a bit long on the 20m length (inside 16' 8" section) which seemed to be the case with several completed antennas I checked last night.? So, I had to trim it down inch by inch at the center insulator and resolder to get it centered on the band.? You can adjust 40m by how much wire you let out on the very end round plastic insulators.

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I've attached the instruction manual for any of you who don't have it, and included a few pictures from the evening.

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Also, there are several of us in the club who have nanaVNA's or antenna analyzers to help you tune your antenna if you don't want to tune it with a regular SWR meter.

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Enjoy the weekend, and see you Sunday evening at 8 pm for the club net!

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73....Joe / KG0HG

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:facepalm:

I spaced the build night. Oh well, my back was hurting after work anyway.

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Any way I could pick up the kit? If it went to someone else, that's okay. Happy to spot someone.