On Thu, 19 May 2005 20:35:12 +0100, "M. J. Powell"
wrote:

In message , Reg
Edwards writes
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The best antenna I've ever had is an 18-gauge, enamelled wire, going
from the kitchen window, up to a pole on the house chimney, and then
horizontal to a pole at the other end of the overgrown-with-weeds back
garden.

Were the weeds essential?


Weeds are not essential; cactus is essential.

http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/N7WS_Antenna_Farm.jpg

In article ,
Wes Stewart wrote:

Were the weeds essential?

Weeds are not essential; cactus is essential.

http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/N7WS_Antenna_Farm.jpg

Ah, I think I understand. You're using a phased ow!ray system there
in the foreground, right?

.... although maybe those needles are for corona discharge purposes ...

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Dave Platt wrote:

In article ,
Wes Stewart wrote:


Were the weeds essential?


Weeds are not essential; cactus is essential.

http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/N7WS_Antenna_Farm.jpg


Ah, I think I understand. You're using a phased ow!ray system there
in the foreground, right?

... although maybe those needles are for corona discharge purposes ...

Naw !! The thick Thang is there for shunt loading the skinny Thang.