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The Continuing Anticlimactic Adventures of the Perverted V (Part 3)

This is Part 3 of a story that started with an antenna I call a “Perverted V.” It is a freakishly disfigured inverted-V in which the center is only 20 feet high, attached to a flagpole in the corner of the yard. The two legs of the antenna are at right angles to each other, and one leg bends at the corner of the fence and runs a bit parallel to the other leg (Photo A). Not ideal, to say the least, but so far it has fooled the homeowners’ association (HOA).

As promised in the previous installment, let me tell you about the weird behavior with and

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