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FEED POINT.  THIS ANTENNA WAS ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED.  THE MONOPOLE WAS MADE
OF A SWIMMING POOL SKIMMER POLE AND A TELESCOPING ANTENNA FROM A PORTABLE
RADIO.  THE TOTAL HEIGHT WAS 16R56 FEET.  THE RADIALS WERE MADE OF 14 WIRE,
SOME INSULATED, SOME NOT.  FOUR RADIALS HAD A LENGTH OF 16R84 FEET, FOR A
TOTAL DIPOLE LENGTH OF 33R40 FEET HALF WAVELENGTH RESONANT AT 14R01 MHZ.
FOUR HAD A LENGTH OF 16R28 FEET, FOR A TOTAL DIPOLE LENGTH OF 32R84 FEET
AND HALF WAVELENGTH RESONANCE AT 14R25 MHZ.  OBVIOUSLY, EACH DIPOLE IS FED
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