Antenna Trimming Day

I built an inexpensive 40M dipole using a crappie pole as a mast.  Today was a great day to take it outside and trim it to the correct length. There is a nice little park not far from my house and so I set up there. The whole job was pretty simple thanks to my MFJ-269.

If you look closely, you can see that the tip of the pole is bent over from the weight of the antenna wires but it still worked just fine. I’d love to have a Buddipole but for now this gets me there for a fraction of the cost.