Members of the F6KOP Provins ARS are heading
up a multi-nationalDXpedition team to Burkina Faso in January 2007.
Team members willinclude N6OX, Bob; N2WB, Bill; F2JD, Gerard; F2VX, Gerard;
F5LMJ,Alain; F5TVG, Frank; OE8KDK, Dieter; F9IE, Bernard; and F4AJQ,
Frank.Look for activity on 6
I'm in the process of putting up and Extened Double Zepp cut for 40
meters(172 ft of wire). I have trees 70 ft high no problem. Getting the ends
supported is no problem with my sling shot, fishing line and sinker. My
problem is that there are two trees in the middle that the antenna wire must
You might be able to get away with an antenna wire through trees for a little
while if it's insulated and you don't get much rain, but I've found the tree
limbs abrade the insulation off and any wire-tree contact grounds the signal,
especially if it's rained or snowed. My solution: firewood.
