As the weekend winds down this Sunday evening, another fine Straight Key Century Club Weekend Sprint comes to a close. More on these fantastic CW sprints in another post. This month has been notable for the conjunction of the planets Venus and Jupiter in the early evening sky. Tonight, I was treated to "triple conjunction" (kind-of) as the two planets approximated the Cobra Ultralite Senior Dipole suspended up about 50 feet between two tall oak trees.
The Cobra dipole has served me extremely well since getting on the air with HF. Most all of my contacts have been made with this ladder line fed, multi band dipole. It's manufactured by Joe, K1JEK in neighboring New Hampshire, and I can't say enough good things about this antenna. In its 3 years of service, this antenna has survived one Tropical Storm, multiple Nor'easters and several epic winter storms...without a hitch. In most cases, if I can hear you, the only limiting factor in making the QSO is my operating skill, not the equipment.
The Cobra has earned it's right to stand side by side with two great planets. 73, Phil
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