Wait a minute my #ZS6BKW hf dipole #antenna is not supposed to look like that!? It should be 55ft in the air, not 15ft 😅 #icestorm #hamradio #wawx #weather

The #zs6bkw #antenna is feeling the weight. Better give it a good shake before the #goats get to it #WAwx #WA #WAsnow #snow

The #zs6bkw #antenna flies again! Tried it on some #ft8 today. For the ~400 ft span I re-used the same rope that has been up for almost 3 years: 3/16 inch Dacron Polyester Rope. Weather and UV resistant, no stretch. Used my favorite “bowline knot”. Very simple, and the perfect knot for everything!

My #zs6bkw / improved #g5rv #antenna finally broke completely- the ladder line broke off and it fell on the ground, along with the coax line. Of course, the goats found it first and destroyed it 😂 I made a new feed line with some rg8x coax and tested it with the great little #nanovna - results: 0.33 dB loss at 5Mhz, about 1 dB loss at 40Mhz for a length of 50 ft. Decent, I think.