[Elecraft] wire for random wire antenna using kx3

[Joe]

Telephone drop wire makes a good antenna.  Connect both wires for a fat 
dipole.  But, be careful.  The phone company uses a device on the end 
that attaches to the house that is a break-away in case a tree, etc 
falls across the wire.  The stuff is so strong that it will pull the 
siding off your house.

I knew of someone who used it in a community with C&R restrictions.  He 
requested that he could put up a dog run.  The dog run was actually his 
antenna.  When asked why the dog run had a wire going to the side of his 
house and ground, he replied "lightning protection".  He didn't want his 
dog electrocuted during a storm.  The ultimate stealth antenna.

73, Joe, K1ike

On 12/17/2018 11:39 PM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> if you can find telephone house service wire,,, is copper clad and
> impossible to brake
> makes good antenna,, not for use as feeders though