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AND SEVERAL SHORTENED, SINGLE BAND, QUARTER WAVE MONOPOLES FOR 40, 20, AND
6 METERS.  I ALSO PACKED MY YAESU FT 450D HF/6 METER 100 W TRANSCEIVER.
THE EFHW WOULD BE DEPLOYED AS AN INVERTED V AND BE SUPPORTED BY A 24 FOOT
EXTENDABLE PAINTERS POLE.  THE RADIO WOULD BE POWERED BY A BIOENNO 20 AH
LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE LIFEPO4 BATTERY, WHICH WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR SEVERAL
HOURS OF OPERATION AT THE 90 W OUTPUT LEVEL.  I ALSO BROUGHT A SMALL
NOTEBOOK FOR LOGGING, A SET OF BULLDOG PADDLES BY K9LU TO OPERATE CW, AND A
AND MICROPHONE FOR SSB.  MY FIRST ACTIVATION SITE THE FIRST SITE I CHOSE TO
ACTIVATE WAS THE DAVID THOMPSON STATE HISTORIC SITE K 8534.  THIS STATE
MONUMENT SITS ON A HILLTOP OVERLOOKING THE SOURIS RIVER VALLEY, AND IS
ENCLOSED BY A CHAIN LINK FENCE.  WE ARRIVED AT THE MONUMENT IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON.  I HAD PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED THAT ONLY THE LAND ENCLOSED BY THE
FENCE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE MONUMENT, SO I KNEW I HAD TO SET UP
MY ENTIRE STATION WITHIN THAT AREA.  WITHIN 20 MINUTES, I SET UP THE EFHW
AS AN INVERTED V, AND THREE GUY LINES PROVIDED EXTRA INSURANCE AGAINST ANY
GRAVITY MISHAPS.  I PLACED MY RADIO ON TOP OF MY BACKPACK, WHICH WAS
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