December 28th 08, 08:26 PM
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Antenna for shortwave reception
Dave wrote:
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I have taken ordinary lamp zip cord, split the two leads apart to for
a 1/4 wave dipole and fed the end of the remaining length of zip cord
with a balun to the rig (some zip cord is ~68-72 ohm balanced line,
the mismatch is more than acceptable for field/emergency use.)
Never, say never ... some ham will do it!
Regards,
JS
Yes,some ham will do it, with a 3 Watt transmitter tucked into a Sucrets
tin, and work 50 countries with his zip cord dipole.
Now, I'd say, "That's the spirit!"
Warm regards,
JS
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