POTA in OHIO: PackTenna Random Wire on 40m

While traveling in Ohio I get the opportunity to do a Parks On The Air activation at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park very near to the Cuyahoga River that has caught fire several times over the years. I setup my PackTenna Mini 9:1 unun Random Wire 29' with the feedpoint high at 12' off the ground and slope the antenna down to the SW and terminate about 1' off the ground. Some people have talked about not being able to tune 40m but I'll show that without any radials or counterpoise I tuned/matched a 1.0 to 1 SWR and got multiple QSO's on 40m running QRP 10W SSB.

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