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April 29th 06, 10:07 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:
A 1/4WL ground plane takes one SO-239 and five pieces of
19 inch copper wire (or stingers). :-)

Now drive over one with a Chevy Pickup, the Jpole survived that
at field day one year.

Well, I just did that with a GMC pickup (hope that counts).
Nothing broke. I just straightened out the wires and it
still works just fine. If, Heaven forbid, a wire broke, it
would only take a butt connector and 20 seconds to repair it.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp