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OAK TREE SEE FIGURE 1.  A PLAN IS HATCHED I FIRST APPROACHED QST TECHNICAL
EDITOR JOEL HALLAS, W1ZR, ABOUT THE IDEA OF PUTTING AN ANTENNA UP THERE AND
WE LOOKED AT SOME OPTIONS.  IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY EASY TO PUT A SHORT LOADED
INVERTED V UP 50 FEET OR SO.  JOEL CAME UP WITH A DESIGN, SET UP AND RAN AN
EZNEC MODEL AND SOON RETURNED TO MY OFFICE WITH A PRINTOUT OF A PLAN SEE
FIGURE 2.  JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, I INITIALLY ORDERED 105 FEET OF THE
13 AWG INSULATED, STRANDED COPPERWELD, WIRE.  WITH THE DIPOLE ONLY 22 FEET
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PER SIDE, THAT SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR THE ANTENNA AND THE TWO
LOADING COILS.  IT WASNT.  BY THE TIME I MADE ALL THE COIL TURNS AROUND A 2
INCH DIAMETER PVC PIPE, JUST ONE SIDE USED CLOSE TO 62 FEET OF WIRE SEE
FIGURE 3.  A SECOND ORDER FOR ANOTHER 70 FEET HAD TO BE MADE.  WINDING THE
COILS WAS NOT HARD AT ALL AND THE REST OF THE ASSEMBLY PROCEEDED NORMALLY.
WE ARE MEANT TO STAY ON THE GROUND THE PROBLEMS REALLY STARTED WHEN I TRIED
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