50 Mhz dipole made of reed.

On 50 MHz I never heard anything using a G5RV antenna so I decided to make a dedicated antenna for this HAM band. The band runs from 50 to 52 MHz. So the antenna tunes to 51 MHz.

50 Mhz dipole made of reed.

As a mast I used a plastic pole. For the horizontal part I used reed that grows in my garden.
After I picked the reed I dried it for several years in my shed and now its hard as steel and its still flexible. Ideal antenna material.
Duck-tape fits everything together.
RG-58U coax with two insulated wires hang from the reeds where duck-tape keeps them placed.
I noticed the SSB DX is found between 50.100 and 50.200 MHz.