Which end do you load? and on the end where both conductors are together do
you short them?
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From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Ling wire kits for hf
> Hi Robert,
> Below is the info I posted previously.
>
> Though this hasn't been mentioned in the recent threads, I've found the no
> counterpoise antenna and 20 foot crappie pole combo to work well. The
> shorter version is 25 feet of zip cord (two conductor insulated wire) you
> can split the two conductors apart from one end to the 12.5 foot point and
> remove the 12.5 foot section of one conductor thus freed. The goal is to
> end
> up with zip cord with a 25 foot conductor and a 12.5 foot conductor. I
> load
> this quite successfully through a 4-1 balun into my IC-703+ It will work
> from 6-20 meters and requires no counterpoise. If you don't want to split
> the zip cord and remove half of one conductor, you can remove a few inches
> of one of the conductors, creating the necessary 12.5 foot wire, just be
> sure to make a gap big enough to ensure no coupling. You can make longer
> versions to be able to load lower bands, the technique is the same, simply
> remove 1/2 of one of the conductors and make it 50 feet, 100 feet, etc. My
> plan is to make a 50-foot version as an inverted l so that I can try it on
> 40-meters and I'd really like to try a 100-foot version and see how it
> works
> on 80. This is, as I understand it, another twist on the end-fed zepp.
>
> Ron Miller
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Robert C
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 11:09 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ling wire kits for hf
>
> Ron,
> I am afraid I did not read that. No counterpoise?
>
> Quote of the nanosecond...
> The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
> Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn
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> On 7/20/2012 11:35 PM, Ron Miller wrote:
>> The no counterpoise antenna I described earlier works well for this
>> application.
>>
>> Ron Miller
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
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>> On Behalf Of Robert C
>> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 2:47 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Ling wire kits for hf
>>
>> Ran into a local ham who suggested I find a long wire antenna kit
> and
>> just toss it out the window, Well maybe not quite that simple. But, if
>> I can pick up anything while waiting for a more permanent solution, why
> not?
>>
>> Any sellers on eBay who sell good kits? Or other sources? Thanks.
>>
>> Quote of the nanosecond...
>> Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?
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