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Re: [TowerTalk] antenna hangover

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] antenna hangover
From: K4SB <k4sb@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 03:15:28 +0000
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K7LXC wrote:

>     How much hangover are you going to have? I've had luck with bending the
> offending elements 90 degrees so they hang straight down INSIDE your
> property line. The best method for custom bending them is to fill them with 
> sand and
> then they'll bend without kinking. And the best part is that the DX can't
> tell the difference.

Home Depot sells a bending device ( usually for use with electrical
conduit ) which does a bang up job.

Believe it or not, it's real name is a "DoHicky". 

Don't forget the sand. I like to use wet sand.

73
Ed

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