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If you search on the web for "miracle whip antenna" you will find several articles about portable HF antennas, including places to buy commercially available ones. Preferring to "roll my own", I made the antenna shown here based on N2FFL's project, which is, in turn, based on an article in QST magazine.

As usual, I made some changes to the original design. I wanted to be able to experiment with different whips, so I attached the whip with 2 clamps with wingnuts. The electrical connection to the conductor is made with a small alligator clip. The mechanical layout is completely different from the original, because I wanted to be able to walk down the sidewalk working HF. Also, as always, I wanted to build it as much as possible with junk box and local parts.

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