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QUICKLY WHENEVER SHE WANTED TO OPERATE.  OF COURSE, THIS WOULD ALSO MAKE AN
IDEAL ADDITION TO AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS GO KIT.  MY PLAN WAS TO USE ZIP
CORD AS A HALF WAVELENGTH FEED LINE SO THAT THE DIPOLES IMPEDANCE WOULD BE
REPEATED AT THE TRANSMITTER END OF THE FEED LINE.  THE IMPEDANCE
TERMINATING A FEED LINE IS REPEATED EVERY HALF WAVELENGTH.  PLEASE SEE ANY
EDITION OF THE ARRL ANTENNA BOOK FOR MORE DISCUSSION.  BECAUSE OF THIS, THE
CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE OF THE FEED LINE WOULD BE OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE.
ALSO, BECAUSE THE RESULTING FEED LINE WOULD BE RELATIVELY SHORT, LOSSES
WOULD BE MINIMIZED.  THIS MEANT THAT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ERECT THE
DIPOLE AT OPTIMUM HEIGHT, BUT SINCE THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO CREATE
LIGHT WEIGHT, COMPACT, POCKET SIZED ANTENNAS AND FEED LINES THAT COULD BE
USED IN THE FIELD WITH TEMPORARY SUPPORTS, ANTENNA HEIGHT WAS NOT A PRIMARY
CONSIDERATION.  AFTER TESTING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SAMPLES I SETTLED ON
RADIOSHACK NO.  278 1385, 22 SPEAKER WIRE AS A LIKELY CANDIDATE.  THIS WIRE
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RA9DZ 1,055,338 A B HA1WD 198,555 B A PT7CB 41,652 B B Oceania RK9AJZ
963,928 A B IZ1JLF 119,808 B A ZX5J 1,903,066 B C VK3TZ 77,616 A B RU9AC
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