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[TowerTalk] Force 12 80M rotary dipole

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Force 12 80M rotary dipole
From: lightfol@cadvision.com (lightfoots VE6PV)
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:21:37 -0700
>OK with some advertising, but at what height is this antenna ?
>
>73  Rag  OZ8RO
>
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>> From: K7LXC@aol.com
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Force 12 80M rotary dipole
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 4:02 PM
>>
>> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>>
>>       Just put a Force 12 180C rotary dipole up for N7OS this weekend.
>It's
>> the biggest one and gives the most bandwidth. It's BIG - 83 feet long!
>>
>>     It's on a 72 foot crankup in a residential neighborhood in an okay
>> location. The owner was apprehensive about it as we had some initial
>tuning
>> problems. After getting it working, we went in to the shack to check it
>out.
>> His first contact was Antarctica - EM1HO! (I think that was the call.)
>The
>> next night he worked an I2 station - EU from the Pacific NW in the middle
>of
>> summer! Needless to say, he's plenty happy with it now.
>>
>>      Just thought you'd like to know.
>>
>> 73,  Steve  K7LXC
>>


Hmmmmm....better read again...look for the number 72.

VE6PV
lightfol@cadvision.com

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