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From: wa6znm@jps.net (James Sawyer)
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 22:02:09 -0700
In 1964 I made a ZL special for 15 mtrs.   It was in a CQ issue but I can
not remember the details.   It work great.   For a young kid it fit my
pocket book too.

Jim

At 09:13 AM 6/13/99 -0700, Rod Brink wrote:
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>Hi, does anyone know the historical origin of the ZL-Special antenna?
>I have made one out of 300 ohm TV twin-lead and with the matching network I
>came up with, its SWR is 1:1 across the 17 meter band.  Am wondering if this
>adaptation has ever been done before and would love to read anything I can
>get my hands on about this antenna.
>
>73, Rod
>KE6RSF
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