{"id":13508,"date":"2025-03-16T18:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T12:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=13508"},"modified":"2025-03-16T18:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T12:42:53","slug":"raising-80m-antenna-by-further-one-meter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/raising-80m-antenna-by-further-one-meter\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising 80m antenna by further one meter"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_s5MQROsyuI?si=gWWfPRiPxrM5aTL6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier one end of 80m inverted V dipole was at 3m and other end at 2m from ground and apex at 6m. 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