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Group: What kind of antenna? (700' outdoor telco line)
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? -j PS: I'm going to repair my TTFD and hang it along the stream bank. That should provide a good ground plane, neh? |
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