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SUV SIMILAR TO USING A MOBILE ANTENNA SEE FIGURE 7.  THEN I ATTACHED 25
FEET OF RG 58 FEED LINE AND CHECKED IT WITH MY ANTENNA ANALYZER.  AS
EXPECTED, THE 31 FOOT VERTICAL WAS RESONANT JUST ABOVE THE 40 METER BAND
WHERE IT IS 1/4 WAVELENGTH, WITH AN SWR OF 2 1 OR LESS ACROSS THE BAND.
THERE WAS A SECOND RESONANCE JUST ABOVE THE 15 METER BAND 3/4 WAVELENGTH,
WITH AN SWR OF 2R5 1 IN THE BAND.  SWR ON THE OTHER BANDS RANGED FROM 4 1
TO 10 1, GREATER THAN THE 3 1 LIMIT OF THE INTERNAL TUNER IN THE ICOM IC
7300 I USE FOR PORTABLE OPERATIONS.  IN THE FIELD AFTER A TEST RUN IN THE
DRIVEWAY, I HEADED TO MOUNT SUNAPEE STATE PARK FOR AN ACTIVATION.  WHEN I
ARRIVED, IT TOOK JUST A FEW MINUTES TO INSTALL THE TRAILER HITCH MOUNT,
UNWIND THE ANTENNA WIRE, AND EXTEND THE EAGLE ONE MAST.  I CLIPPED THE
GROUND CLAMP TO MY SUV FRAME, RAN A FEED LINE TO MY RADIO, AND WAS READY TO
OPERATE.  I WAS GLAD THAT SETTING UP THIS ANTENNA WENT QUICKLY ON A COLD
WINTER DAY.  I STARTED ON 40 METERS AND WORKED 20 STATIONS ON CW.  SIGNALS
WERE LOUD, AND I RECEIVED GOOD REPORTS.  NEXT, I ATTACHED AN LDG 9 1 UNUN
AT THE FEED POINT, MAKING A 31 FOOT END FED RANDOM WIRE ANTENNA.  THIS
BROUGHT THE SWR WITHIN RANGE OF MY RADIOS INTERNAL ANTENNA TUNER ON SEVERAL
BANDS.  I WAS GREETED WITH A SMALL PILEUP ON 20 METERS AND WENT ON TO MAKE
ANOTHER 86 CONTACTS.  EAGLE ONE INDICATES THAT THE ANTENNA CAN OPERATE ON
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