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SHIELD, WHEN YOURE READY.  THE INVENTOR BOARD IS ALSO UNIQUELY LAID
OUT.  THE COMPONENT FOR A RE ROUTE IT JUMPER IS MOUNTED DIRECTLY
BELOW THE JUMPER ITSELF, MAKING THE JUMPER EASY TO FIND.  THERE IS
ALSO A CONNECTOR ON THE BOARD THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ATTACH AN EXTERNAL
ADDRESSABLE RGB LED STRIP.  THE INVENTOR SHIPS AS WHAT I REFER TO AS
A SEMI KIT THE MAJOR COMPONENTS ARE ALREADY PRE SOLDERED TO THE
BOARD FOR YOU.  ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO COMPLETE THE ASSEMBLY IS
DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO MO SUV SIMILAR TO USING A MOBILE ANTENNA SEE
FIGURE 7.  THEN I ATTACHED 25 FEET OF RG 58 FEED LINE AND CHECKED IT
WITH MY ANTENNA ANALYZER.  AS EXPECTED, THE 31 FOOT VERTICAL WAS
RESONANT JUST ABOVE THE 40 METER BAND WHERE IT IS 1/4 WAVELENGTH,
WITH AN SWR OF 2 1 OR LESS ACROSS THE BAND.  THERE WAS A SECOND
RESONANCE JUST ABOVE THE 15 METER BAND 3/4 WAVELENGTH, WITH AN SWR
OF 2R5 1 IN THE BAND.  SWR ON THE OTHER BANDS RANGED FROM 4 1 TO 10
1, GREATER THAN THE 3 1 LIMIT OF THE INTERNAL TUNER IN THE ICOM IC
7300 I USE FOR PORTABLE OPERATIONS.  IN THE FIELD AFTER A TEST RUN
IN THE DRIVEWAY, I HEADED TO MOUNT SUNAPEE STATE PARK FOR AN
ACTIVATION.  WHEN I ARRIVED, IT TOOK JUST A FEW MINUTES TO INSTALL
THE TRAILER HITCH MOUNT, UNWIND THE ANTENNA WIRE, AND EXTEND THE
EAGLE ONE MAST.  I CLIPPED THE GROUND CLAMP TO MY SUV FRAME, RAN A
FEED LINE TO MY RADIO, AND WAS READY TO OPERATE.  I WAS GLAD THAT
SETTING UP THIS ANTENNA WENT QUICKLY ON A COLD WINTER DAY.  I
STARTED ON 40 METERS AND WORKED 20 STATIONS ON CW.  SIGNALS WERE
LOUD, AND I RECEIVED GOOD REPORTS.  NEXT, I ATTACHED AN LDG 9 1 UNUN
AT THE FEED POINT, MAKING A 31 FOOT END FED RANDOM WIRE ANTENNA.
THIS BROUGHT THE SWR WITHIN RANGE OF MY RADIOS INTERNAL ANTENNA
TUNER ON SEVERAL BANDS.  I WAS GREETED WITH A SMALL PILEUP ON 20
METERS AND WENT ON TO MAKE ANOTHER 86 CONTACTS.  EAGLE ONE INDICATES
THAT THE ANTENNA CAN OPERATE ON 80 THROUGH 6 METERS WITH AN ANTENNA
TUNER, AND THIS APPROACH IS USED BY SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL POTA
OPERATORS.  I MOUNTED AN ICOM AH 730 REMOTE TUNER ON THE ALUMINUM
SUPPORT POLE AND RAN WIRES TO THE ANTENNAS SO 239 CENTER CONDUCTOR
AND GROUND CLAMP ATTACHED TO MY SUV SEE FIGURE 8.  ICOM SPECIFIES
THE TUNER FOR OPERATION FROM 1R8 TO 50 MHZ WITH A 23 FOOT OR LONGER
RADIATING ELEMENT.  IT QUICKLY FOUND A MATCH ON ALL BANDS FROM 160
THROUGH 6 METERS WITH THE EAGLE ONES 31 FOOT WIRE.  A RETURN TRIP TO
MOUNT SUNAPEE STATE PARK WITH THE EAGLE ONE ON THE HITCH MOUNT AND
REMOTE TUNER NETTED 111 CONTACTS ON 10 BANDS FROM 160 THROUGH 10
METERS.  I EVEN WORKED SOME EUROPEAN STATIONS USING FT8 ON 80 AND 60
METERS AROUND SUNSET.  A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, I USED THE EAGLE ONE
AND AH 730 TO ACTIVATE A LOCAL STATE FOREST AND MADE 54 CONTACTS
USING EIGHT DIFFERENT BANDS.  IT WAS GREAT BEING ABLE TO OPERATE ON
A WIDE RANGE OF FREQUENCIES WITHOUT CHANGING ANTENNAS OR MANUALLY
ADJUSTING COILS OR CAPACITORS.  WHILE WAITING FOR THE AH 730 TUNER
TO ARRIVE, I SET UP THE EAGLE ONE ON ITS TRIPOD IN MY YARD.  THIS
TIME I CUT A COUPLE OF 33 FOOT RADIALS FOR A COUNTERPOISE.  FED
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