same here bob; mine was not as high up--in fact, any antenna expert would
have cringed as I didn't know what i was doing (some things have not changed
hi hi) but i worked EA4BV on 40 with it once in the early morning proving
that propagation is everything, and it was great for the 80 m. traffic nets,
and later when i hit the big time, for me the 5th region net. I could
recreate the antenna but not the 1970s rural noise floor.
rob / k5uj
My first antenna was a 67 foot end fed hertz up at 35 feet with about 60
feet of open wire (I don't remember it was a long time ago). Used it on
all bands. Worked lots of dx on the high bands and it kept me in the
traffic nets on 80 cw. Used homebrew balanced link coupled tuners, one
for 80-40 and one for the high bands and a Heathkit swr bridge to tune
it. Not elegant but I was a real happy camper back in the 60's with
it. I still have the ARRL paper log books to prove it! 73 bob de w9ge
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