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Title: Need a Temporary AM Antenna? Check out what this station did.
Post by: ThaDood on January 28, 2021, 1934 UTC

For you AM TX'ing fans out there, Boomer FWR this to me. A neat read, for sure,     https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/tech-tips/quick-we-need-a-temporary-am-antenna

Title: Re: Need a Temporary AM Antenna? Check out what this station did.
Post by: redhat on January 28, 2021, 1952 UTC

Probably better off with a 70' tower, which would provide a good match for 75 meters.  This would also provide some level of plausibility in case someone asks  ;)
BTW a 1/4 wave at the top of the AM dial just happens to be 5/8 on 4 MHz  :P

+-RH

Title: Re: Need a Temporary AM Antenna? Check out what this station did.
Post by: Charlie_Dont_Surf on February 10, 2021, 2101 UTC

Quote from: redhat on January 28, 2021, 1952 UTC

BTW a 1/4 wave at the top of the AM dial just happens to be 5/8 on 4 MHz  :P

Ahem (Cough. Cough.)   

"Speak softly and transmit with a big stick." - Teddy Roosevelt

:-X  ;)