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Old August 15th 11, 05:50 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Irv Finkleman Irv Finkleman is offline
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Default Using speaker wire for a dipole

I thought the Write Bros built airplanes, not pens!

Irv VE6BP

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I'll see if I can get pix on a web site I'm working on. You use cable
ties doubled up inside the barrels to hold the wires. The Write Bros. pen
barrels are about 5" not including the swage, and if you cut it in half,
2.5" should be ok for up to 10M.