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  • Re: JS8CALL

    From Mark A@21:2/165 to Ricky DeLuco on Saturday, January 24, 2026 14:35:28
    I lived in the HOA from hell subdivision when I lived in Phoenix.. I was able to put up an EFW antenna and they never found out. THe wire was thin enough that you just could not see it. Managed to work Europe and Japan. Now we live in a non-HOA home and I still use an EFW.

    N2UEM

    -Mark

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  • From Mortar M.@21:2/101 to Mark A on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 21:34:40
    Re: Re: JS8CALL
    By: Mark A to Ricky DeLuco on Sat Jan 24 2026 14:35:28

    Now we live in a non-HOA home and I still use an EFW.

    Ever have any problems with animals chewing on the wire?
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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Mortar M. on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 22:50:38
    On 28 Jan 2026, Mortar M. said the following...

    Re: Re: JS8CALL
    By: Mark A to Ricky DeLuco on Sat Jan 24 2026 14:35:28

    Now we live in a non-HOA home and I still use an EFW.

    Ever have any problems with animals chewing on the wire?

    just thought i'd chime in..

    i didn't have problems with animals but what i did have problems with is regular wires shearing apart. copper really isn't very strong.. a lot of places that sell wire for antennas sell stuff where the wire is braided around basically a kevlar rope and then has the plastic jacket. way way stronger.

    i've gotten away with cheap wire quite a few times now but i think i'm tired of monkeying with it and am gonna pay the extra for the good stuff ;)

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  • From Mark A@21:2/165 to Mortar M. on Thursday, January 29, 2026 12:42:48
    No, but the wire was so hard to see that our landscaper accidentally cut it lol

    -Mark
    N2UEM

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  • From Mark A@21:2/165 to fusion on Thursday, January 29, 2026 12:46:02
    I used the wire I got from these folks - MyAntennas.com - and with the exception of my renegade landscaper cutting it, I never had a problem

    -Mark
    N2UEM

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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Mark A on Thursday, January 29, 2026 15:26:14
    On 29 Jan 2026, Mark A said the following...

    I used the wire I got from these folks - MyAntennas.com - and with the exception of my renegade landscaper cutting it, I never had a problem

    nice!

    i checked them out and they look good, but dang are they expensive.. $80 for just the replacement wire assembly..

    did you get a whole antenna setup from them too or just the wire?

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  • From Mark A@21:2/165 to fusion on Thursday, January 29, 2026 20:38:31
    I purchased the entire antenna. I have also deployed one from these folk - https://www.earchi.org/proj_homebrew.html - not as well made as the myantenna folks but less expensive, got the job done and supported a good cause.But the Myantenna is top notch


    Mark
    N2UEM

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