Re: [HCDX]: Slinky antenna

["Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher@xxxxxxx>]

At 07:16 PM 12/5/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>Another user of a Slinky for an antenna. I use 6 of them tied >together 
>end to end outside and terminated mine. The things are >pretty good for 
>small spaces.
>
>I think a Slinky is 80 feet of wire in that coil.  You can put up
>a bunch of them, supporting them with a rope or clothes line running
>down the middle.  Wire them together and you can get a great longwire
>in less space.  I can get them for about $1.68 at Wal-Mart.  I would
>really like to get a whole bunch of them and go on a miniature
>DXpedition.
>
>I first tried one when I was in Panama City, Florida.  I got stations
>from all over the Caribbean.  Unfortunately, I was there for just a
>few days and didn't have a lot of DX time.

Just how do you wire (solder) a bunch of slinkies together?
I've never done it...
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