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He made a base loaded long wire.

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LW,

Not really, the 18 Foot tall PVC Pipe 'wire wound' Broomstick
Antenna at these Shortwave HF would efectively appear to be a
[Hollow] Metal Tube acting as a vertical antenna element.
( A piece of Copper Pipe. )

The better arangement would be to take a piece of PVC Pipe with
a "T" on Top. Start with a piece of wire, and have a single
loading coil wound for a specific frequency; and then run the
wire up to the "T" and through it and out horizontally for as
many feet as you can run the wire.

Indoors - Stick the PVC Pipe in the corner of a room and have
the top wire circle the room at near the ceiling level.

Simply - A Folded Inverted "L" Antenna with a Loading Coil
designed for a single target Shortwave Band.

If this is then your thing - The 'build' a series of them
if you need coverage on more bands.

iane ~ RHF

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