Re: [HCDX] Beware of "Slinky Antennas"

["Joseph Strain" <yodar98@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a 13' mas o menos telescoping fiberglass crappie pole with a 9 inch 
aluminum Gutter-Nail in the bottom to poke it into the ground .

My slinky is glued to a JUNK CD at each end with SHOE-GOO. The hole in one 
CD is opened up to an inch  and the hole in the other is closed off to 3/8" 
with scrap plastic and shoe goo.

I just stick the telescoping pole up thru the slinky/CD, telecope it up and 
I ahve a slinky-imitation of a St. louis Vertical (receive only)  Bottom 
extension is tensioned with a clip at the bottom of the pole, shoe-gooed on 
of course.   Cram the aluminum spike at the base of the poLe (EPOXIED IN) 
into the ground.

Still working with the home made  balun for best performance, but if one of 
you 'speriments as well perhaps we can get a poor man's buddy-pole

i told you that story to ask you this ?

Traditional coax si a PIA to haul on a camping trip.... I found some about 
1/8" very thin flexible coax...My eyes are too poor to read...I think its RG 
174/U...is this stuff any good for reception only. In experiments with it at 
home, I cant seem to get any signal with it .
Yodar




  ;>)
 Yodar
More STUFF!





----Original Message Follows----
From: "Gary Crites" <pacificdx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: pacificdx@xxxxxxxxxx
To: hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HCDX] Beware of "Slinky Antennas"
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:47:17 -0400 (EDT)


I know this is a DX site but I thought you might all get a laugh out of this 
one. I like to drive out to some remote area and string a wire but lately 
I've been using a toy Slinky clipped to my car under pretty high tension. 
The advantage of the Slinky is that if I get too close or too far from the 
pole I clip to the Slinky is always tight and straight.

Of course it's only a matter of time before some unsuspecting old lady hiker 
comes walking down the railroad tracks not looking where she's going and... 
KA-WAM! Yes, the Slinky pulled loose and hit her right in the face! She 
wasn't too happy.

I'm in the process now of building a loop antenna for MW.



73's
Gary Crites
Eureka, California

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