Hi all,
I have been asked by a couple of folks about the antenna that I use when I am
camping. Nothing fancy and it has been discussed here on the list several times
in the past.
I take a 75 foot roll of twin lead speaker wire (stranded for strength) and
split it so that I have two pieces of wire 75 feet long. I use about 20-22 gua
wire. Then just take a roll of whatever 300 ohm tv twin lead that you have or
can buy and hook one side of each leg of the twin lead to each of the 75 foot
runs of speaker wire. There you have it, the secret antenna weapon that I use
camping. I have used this antenna at 60 feet, 20 feet, mangled, tangled, bent
and never put up straight and it always gets out. I usually have great success
on 20 and 30 meters, but 40 meters and 80 meters seem to work real well too. I
remember that one year I had it only 10 feet off of the ground and the ends at 3
feet and still worked lots of JA's on 20 meters and Europe on 30 meters. You can
use whatever you have handy for the center insulator. I usually use a piece of
scrap Plexiglas about 2 in. by 4 in. and just drill holes for the wire and twin
lead. Total cost of the antenna is about 5 bux at current Radio Shack prices. If
it gets mangled or damaged, who cares.
Any questions, please ask!
Jess
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