My Dad was a ham and worked the world for many years. I helped him build his multi-band dipole out of the old very stiff steel telephone wire with the insulation stripped off it. We soldered the connections and strung it up between two old pecan trees so that it stretched over his house, and the center was above the den where he ran the coax down through a waterproof elbow fitting in the roof. He also later put up a tower with a rotator and beam antenna, but I cannot remember the band.
Dad was N4VSN. Funny how I remember his call sign, he's been gone nearly 15 years now. I kept his equipment for many years, but finally sold it to an old guy that wanted it.
SRH
