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WAVE COAX COMPARED WITH THE RESONANT FREQUENCY OFFSET METHOD.  NOTE THAT
THE EGGBEATER USES 100 LOOPS, WHICH WHEN COMBINED, GIVE YOU 50 WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL MATCHING.  YOU CAN DO THIS BY USING SQUARE LOOPS INSTEAD OF THE
ROUND ONES OR THE RECTANGULAR LOOPS I USED.  THE ANTENNA WILL BE WIDER AND
SHORTER, OF COURSE, AND HAVE A BIT LESS GAIN.  THIS WILL BE A SQUARE
EGGBEATER WITHOUT THE GROUND PLANE.  RESULTS  WITH THIS ANTENNA MOUNTED ON
MY DECK RAIL PUTTING THE TOP OF IT ABOUT 7 METERS 24 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND
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ON MY FIRST CALL, I RAISED A STATION ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF ME AND GOT A
GOOD REPORT.  WHILE WE WERE TALKING, AN E SKIP STATION TO THE WEST CALLED
IN AND GAVE ME A 5 9 REPORT.  NEXT, I CALLED A STATION ABOUT 80 MILES AWAY.
HE ANSWERED MY FIRST CALL, GIVING ME A TRUE S 9 REPORT.  I HEAR A LOT OF DX
AND LOCALS, AND WITH 100 W, THEY NEARLY ALWAYS COME RIGHT BACK TO ME,
EXCEPT WHEN THERE IS A PILEUP.  EVEN THEN, I FIND THAT I CAN WORK MOST
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