Ron,

A few of questions:

1.  Where do you connect the balun?
2.  Do you expose any of the ends of the zip cord?
3.  How do you string up this antenna?
4.  What kind of pattern does it give you?

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 13:21
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.
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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
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> 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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