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Old December 19th 09, 04:11 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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clyde wrote:
'Doc;694986 Wrote:
This is a metal slinky, not the plastic ones?
- 'Doc


HI DOC,

YES IT IS METAL. I BOUGHT IT OFF EBAY. THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY.

CLYDE





I make one of these in an attempt to create an 80m dipole in my loft
and did work to some extent and my IC703 was OK with it. I took it
down in the end because as part of a 'fan dipole' it was fantastic
at picking electrical noise. You can see what I did at
http://www.radiowymsey.org/FanDipole/slinky.htm


Charlie.

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