[R-390] Antenna wire

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

Hey Ed,
Happy Turkey Day! I'll be having microwaved Hotdogs.
I just got off the roof from re-hanging my 60' long wire.The rope 
tieing the insulators up to the support poles rotted away so got some 
new nylon stuff that should last a while.The wire itself was Rat Shack 
stranded coppr bought long ago when they actually sold radio stuff.It 
looked fine after maybe 15 years.Seems to work fine too.Even when it 
was sagging close to the roof I was able to hear the St.Helena 
broadcast with the EAC R-390A,but could not copy due to excessive noise.
Getting ready for MRCG? My VW still has all the stuff that didn't sell 
last one still in it! Just have to throw in the camping gear and I'm 
good to go!
Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: ezeran at ezeran.cnc.net
To: mikea at mikea.ath.cx; R-390 at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 3:07 PM
Subject: RE: [R-390] Antenna wire

Out in the sticks southwest of where I live, a friend has a 2-mile
straight-line stretch of decommissioned Rural Electric Co-Op power
line. At least he _says_ it's decommissioned.

I've seen a similar stretch of abandoned power line in the Yuha desert 
in
Southern Calif. We drove the pole line road in the Jeep and , yep, the 
ends
are in the dirt. The line runs just south of due east-west abt 35 ft 
above
the desert more or less parallel to interstate 8. Its a back burner 
project
but I'd like to try that wire with battery run RAK/RAL.

EdZ

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