[TenTec] Electric horse fence

[Bwana Bob]

  Yes, I love cabin camping with my Scout.  My favorite antenna is a 
dipole made from AN/CRT-3 "Gibson Girl" life raft transmitter antenna 
reels. Even though the wire is shiny stranded copper, it is fine enough 
so that it is nearly invisible against a forest background.  One can 
also make antenna reels for 40 meters and higher bands from the camper's 
clotheslines.  Just replace the string with wire.  MIL Spec antenna 
reels for bigger wire diameter and longer antennas are still available 
online form Army Surplus Warehouse (along with real magnetic 
headphones). I have an 80 meter dipole made from MIL "reeling machines" 
in my doomsday kit.

Portable antennas are fun to make and use and they can be tailored for 
specific needs. I prefer high visibility wire for Field Day and setups 
in public places, but low-visibility wire for camping.


                     73,

                     Bob WB2VUF

On 9/27/2010 11:54 AM, mike bryce wrote:
> Its an interesting concept. I camp a bit and always stick some kind of antenna up. A hunk of black wire for a dipole is almost invisible. I've never had any trouble with park rangers or campers beside me simply because they couldn't  see the antenna.
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> They would surely see the horse fence antenna flapping in the breeze
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> On Sep 26, 2010, at 9:16 PM, Paul DeWitte wrote:
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>> If the horse fence stuff is like the ribbon that I have seen, it is made
>> with fine stainless steel wire. Not very strong stuff. I would guess
>> whipping around in the wind for a while and you might wonder what happened
>> to the antenna.
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>> That stuff is made so that when it gets a break in it, you just tie the two
>> pieces together in a knot. That just might affect your resonant freq a bit.
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