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TopBand: slinky beverage - VK style?

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Subject: TopBand: slinky beverage - VK style?
From: km1h@juno.com (km1h @ juno.com)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 17:33:05 EST
On Sat, 15 Nov 1997 19:48:57 GMT wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner) writes:
>On Sat, 15 Nov 1997 11:18:54 EST, km1h@juno.com (km1h @ juno.com)
>wrote:
>
>>They are made from cadmium plated steel and last quite a while 
>outdoors.
>>I just replaced one that had been up for 7 years here in acid rain
>>country.  Use in a harsh seacoast type enviroment not recommended =
>without
>>protection.
>_______________________________________________________________
>Doesn't the tuning change as the wind blows the Slinky around? =20
>
>73, Bill W7TI

I wouldnt know, I dont use a tuner or transmit on them. At 8' above
ground how much can they move in relation to ground.....particularly if
in the woods? 
I prefer to use them to hear DX,  not analyze to death! 

73  Carl  KM1H

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