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Re: QSX - antenna work in the rain


 

Hi,

As promised...

I got a fishing pole and weight and put the fishing line over the top of the oak tree outside my radio room. I used it to pull up around about 130 feet of paracord. And - as promised - I did all of that in the rain. That paracord reaches from the ground on one side of the tree to the ground over on the other side:)

Tomorrow there is possible rain and I hope we get it. That will fully invoke the inverse-adverse law of weather during antenna work. This antenna should work pretty well <evil grin>.

73,

Bill KU8H

On 4/6/19 8:02 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
Hi Joe,
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RG-174 is wonderful stuff for test leads. I use RG-58 for jumpers in the shack and twin lead, Ladder line, or direct connect to the end of the wire antenna. I currently have a long (70 foot) chunk of coax for antenna feed and it is *killing* me. I need a little bit more hardware that I will get tomorrow and change the antenna! It's going to rain tomorrow. I will just have to get wet:)
73,
Bill? KU8H
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bark less - wag more

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