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JoanD'arcRoast wrote:

Friend of mine bought an old farmhouse in the country. A tenant 30
years ago worked for telco, and used to throw things away in the woods
behind the house. I now have approximately 700 feet of black outdoor
telco line. It looks like zipcord or 2-conductor appliance wire. It has
a *very* tough jacket; the copper hasn't oxidized *at all*. The longest
contiguous piece is 240', the second is 140'. 2 more are about 100'
each. 3 more smaller pieces. I just finished untangling it.

I live in the 'burbs. Nine 100' Loblollies; Six 80' hardwoods. Back
property edge ends in a stream, eight feet down in a gully. Wind
recently brought down my horizontal loop and my TTFD, so in effect, I'm
(mentally) starting over.

What would you do? Unzip and solder the phone line for a 1000' Beverage
fastened with zip-ties to the shrubbery above the stream? (I doubt any
neighbors would even notice the wire.)

Are there any good antenna designs that take advantage of zipcord?

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Amazingly David actually answered your question gave you a good answer.

Keep the cable with two wires intact and just short the two wires
together at the ends of whatever antenna design you decide to implement.
No sense ruining a good protective cover over the wires. The two wires
together inside the cable will just look like a bigger single conductor
that is more efficient.

After you have satisfied your antenna needs you might want to look at
selling the remainder of the cable for its copper content. You might
have a lot of money sitting there. Lucky to be you.

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Telamon
Ventura, California