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Re: [TowerTalk] LINE FOR tree strung dipoles

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] LINE FOR tree strung dipoles
From: W2RU - Bud Hippisley <W2RU@frontiernet.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:35:52 -0400
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On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Roger (K8RI) wrote:

> The only problem I've seen with either THHN or ROMEX is the stuff is
> soft and your 75 and 160 meter antennas keep getting longer, and  
> longer,
> and longer....


As long as you keep re-tensioning the lines holding it up, it's not a  
problem -- the gain in the main lobe keeps increasing until your half- 
wave dipole is more than double its original length....:-)

Bud, W2RU 
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