W9JWB
Holiday picnic 2004

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Pascal,
here was the setup i used this morning during our holiday picnic using your coil. the 102" whip was cut in half for portability,to fit in my trunk of my car.i used pvc to reconnect it with a jumper to complete the crcuit.this is base loaded on a tripod with 35 ft counterpoise. this was a great and complete success!! here are the results.

w4s special event 14.266 mhz 5/9
w0oog 14.242 submarine veterns net 5/9
k0nkv 7.237.9 mobile 5/7
w04e 7.274.9 mhz
14.300 maritime mobile net fletcher net control in alabma
power was 80 watts

now to try qrp with my ft-817

73 great product
jack w9jwb
byron,illinois