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Re: Topband: I am getting too old for this

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Subject: Re: Topband: I am getting too old for this
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:49:46 -0700
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On 10/17/2025 1:00 PM, Mark Lunday wrote:
  but a lot more challenging walking through dense undergrowth while trying to 
string insulated THHN over branches in a straight line.

I ran mine in 2006, right after moving in. I ran ladder line for the DX Engineering reversible system. Gets me VK/ZL in addition to EU. Have a second for SA/AS. Glad I did -- at 84, can't get to the ends of either, but get help from neighbor hams. They're running through a dense redwood forest, irregular terrain +/- 20 ft, just enough brush to serve as vertical supports. Maintenance is required several times a year after storms drop branches and/or trees on them.

73, Jim K9YC







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