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Collective Antenna Building: A Different Kind of Antenna Party

t the suggestion of our club president Mike Huffman, W8MDC, a bunch of us in the Delaware County Amateur Radio Association in Delaware, Ohio,>. By ordering collectively, we saved on the shipping cost, and by building them together, could share our collective skills. shows a typical model after construction (there are several models covering different bands, and one version is sold through the ARRL).

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