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A Unique Solution For An Antenna Mount/Support   
Sunday, December 13 2020

HCDX
cool - literally. 8^)

On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 2:15 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:

> My speaker stands haven’t arrived yet so I had to figure out a way to hold
> up my loop antenna while keeping it steady and straight.... and here’s my
> solution for the winter. (Link to picture at the end of this email!)
>
> I filled a trash can with water, put the 5 foot long 1 1/4” PVC pipe in
> one corner of the trash can and had the trash can flush with the side of my
> porch wall then I left the trash can out overnight.
>
> I then brought the ice filled trash can to be bottom of my 3 steps, put it
> in the red plastic sled and pull the sled 150 feet up the KSKO driveway by
> strings attached to the end of the sled.
>
> That’s one majorly solid chunk of ice and since McGrath, Alaska won’t see
> above freezing temperatures for any length of time till April or so, I’m
> good for awhile.
>
> That sled holds my radio and recording gear... load up the sled and take
> it down the KSKO driveway to my “listening post”, which is the two totes
> stacked on top of each other.
>
> Here's a link to a picture of what I just described:
> https://ibb.co/G0jcssQ
>
> Paul Walker
> Tecsun PL880, CC Skywave, DeBock 5" FSL Loop & Doxytronics 3-19mhz Loop
>
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