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[TowerTalk] Cage Antenna Construction Hints?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Cage Antenna Construction Hints?
From: pmcinnish@worldnet.att.net (Paul McInnish - K4BET)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:56:23 -0400
But.... the 6" diameter will not be very effective!!!
For 160 mtrs. need 15" min.
For 75 mtrs. need 10" min!

Dave_K9NX wrote:

> At 01:59 PM 8/26/98 -0500, Lee Buller wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >I am planning to use Lexan waffers about 6" in diameter.  I plan drill
> >holes in the Lexan and the use some small copper tubing cut to quarter of
> >an inch long (a kind of bead) and place them on each side of a waffer.
> >Then the plan was to solder the copper "beads" in place so the waffer
> >doesn"t move.
>
> HMMMM finally a GOOD use for those AOL CD rom disks ~8^). Although I think
> I would just use a crimping tool rather solder the retaining beads
>
> Dave
> K9NX
>
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