It has been harder than anticipated to get the antenna tuned... especially the 10 meter wires. I can lower the antenna and raise it back and the resonant frequency changes. Much less trying to cut it. I finally gave up and removed that part. I replaced it with a wire J-Poll connected to the same balun. It now works rather well. Of course, its orientation is vertical but I like it since it makes DXing better since the waves travel lower to the earth and can go further before bouncing off of the ionosphere.
An additional problem is the balun itself; I managed to break it. I did not notice when the cable got stuck under the downspout. I pulled the supporting rope so hard that the acrylic jar broke. I will need to replace it when I can get the money.
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