‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JANUARY 2014 QST PAGE 38‰ EXPOSE 1 1/2 INCHES OF CENTER CONDUCTOR FROM THE OTHER END OF EACH OF THE SEVEN SHORT PIECES. YOU SHOULD END UP WITH SEVEN PIECES OF RG 6/U WITH 1 INCH OF THE CENTER CONDUCTOR PROTRUDING FROM ONE END, AND 1 1/2 INCHES FROM THE OTHER SEE FIGURE 3. INSPECT THE CUT ENDS AND USE THE TIP OF THE KNIFE BLADE TO CLEAR ANY STRANDS OF WIRE OR FOIL SHIELD FROM THE INSULATION AROUND THE CENTER CONDUCTOR. EXPOSE 4 1/2 INCHES OF THE CENTER CONDUCTOR FROM THE OTHER END OF THE 10 INCH PIECE THIS WILL ACT AS A VERTICAL WHIP AT THE TOP OF THE ANTENNA. IT WILL BE EASIER TO ASSEMBLE THE ANTENNA IF THE VINYL JACKETS ARE MADE MORE PLIABLE BY HEATING THEM. PLACE THE EIGHT PIECES ON A TRAY IN YOUR OVEN AT ITS LOWEST SETTING 1500 F MAXIMUM FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES. ALTERNATIVELY, USE A HEAT GUN OR HAIR DRYER TO SOFTEN THE OUTER COAX COVERING. ED. THE COLLINEAR ELEMENTS ARE ASSEMBLED BY INSERTING THE EXPOSED CENTER CONDUCTOR FROM ONE PIECE BETWEEN THE OUTER JACKET AND ALUMINUM FOIL OF THE NEXT PIECE, IN AN OFFSET CHAIN AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 4. PINCH THE OUTER JACKET WITH YOUR FINGERS TO CREATE A SMALL GAP, AND THEN INSERT THE LONGER WIRE BETWEEN THE JACKET AND FOIL USING A GENTLE ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ