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[Darwin, Keith]

I too have no photos.

My worst was a 10/15/20 parallel dipole tacked to the wall of my
apartment in CA.  It gave a very low swr on 40 meters by obviously
coupling into the building wiring system.  When I sent CQ, the
neighbor's TV would switch on and off.

Like Stephanie, I have my own house now so the antennas can stay safely
outside.

- Keith KD1E -
- K2 5411 (that's real close to Stephanie's at sn 5311) - 

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Stephanie Maks

I've certainly made my share of terrible antennas, but I wasn't quick
enough to take pictures of them.

My best worst antenna was a 6M dipole tacked to my bedroom wall, facing
the TV.  With 50 watts of FM it hit the local repeater just great, and
only took a month to destroy my TV's receiver with overload.

My runner-up best worst antenna was my indoor mini trapped 10M vertical
which 'strangely' would never tune up, until that time I was testing it
and holding onto the wrong thing.  Suddenly 1.5:1 match at 50 watts of
10M and OUCH WHY IS MY HAND SO HOT?!

73 de Stephanie
va3uxb
K2#5311 - K1#2132

p.s. fortunately I've got my own home now, so my antennas can be outside
instead of inside!