‰  NOW 13 WPM  ‰
LIKE TO GO SOMEWHERE SUCH AS A BEACH OR PARK WHERE ITS QUIET AND SET UP A
MODEST STATION FOR AN AFTERNOON OF RADIO FUN.  IT ALSO WORKS FOR THOSE OF
US WHO ARE AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE ARES MEMBERS AND HAVE TO SET UP
A WORKING HF STATION IN THE MIDDLE OF A PARKING LOT AFTER A NATURAL
DISASTER SUCH AS A HURRICANE.  THE OCTOPUS IS BORN USING THE CONCEPT OF A
HORIZONTAL FAN DIPOLE, I DREW UP A DESIGN FOR A HELICAL TYPE DIPOLE TAKEN
TO EXTREMES.  THE BASIC PLAN WAS TO FIND AN ATTACHMENT MECHANISM THAT COULD
ƒ  QST DE W1AW  ‰
BE MOUNTED ON A MAST AND ACCEPT UP TO FOUR HELICAL DIPOLES, EIGHT HELICAL
TYPE ANTENNAS, RADIALLY AROUND THE MOUNT IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE.  FINDING
THE PIECES SINCE I HAVE OFTEN FOUND THE PERFECT PARTS FOR MY PROJECTS AT
THE LOCAL HOME IMPROVEMENT CHAIN STORES, I LOOKED THERE AGAIN.  ALMOST AS
‰  FROM PAGE 89  ‰
MHZ 23 2 2 146 SD W5VDM/M 4 2 1 116 STX KF4IBU 16 2 1 114 GA KC2KMI 22 2 2
112 NNJ KG6EAD 4 2 1 108 LAX WG4P 27 2 1 104 GA K8PNW 2 2 1 104 MI N2GKM 25
‰  END OF 13 WPM TEXT  ‰  QST DE W1AW  ƒ