I use the 1979 at my QTH. Works great 20-10 meters! On His Majesty’s Service 73 de W1XQ Coastwatcher Reenactment RANVR Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society #182
> On Aug 6, 2023, at 9:54 PM, Venkata Appala via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > Thank you Shannon. This is perfect. I will check the magazine for details. > > > Venkata Appala KJ5BVS > pradhan...@gmail.com > > > >> On Aug 6, 2023, at 9:24 PM, Shannon Tassin <stas...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Venkata, >> >> The ARRL On the Air magazine Sept 2021 edition page 22 has a project to >> create a portable vertical antenna using the MFJ-1979. If you are an ARRL >> member, you can use the ARRL mags app to find it. It has a mount and >> everything else needed. >> >> I’ve made this project and tried it out and it works quite well. The article >> has you mark the antenna for the right spot for each frequency, but if you >> have a tuner in your setup, you can extend it all the way, tune it, and it >> will work well without the manual adjusting. I have a backpack and a PVC >> tube I use to make it all portable. >> >> I made some tweaks to the project including a round plate to attach the >> radials. >> >> We have some coax experts in the group and so I am sure they can give you >> more information, but keep in mind for HF, you don’t need as high of quality >> coax as for VHF/UHF. >> >> Happy to give you more details – send me an email. >> >> Thanks, >> Shannon Tassin >> K4SCT >> >> From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> on behalf of Venkata Appala via BVARC >> <bvarc@bvarc.org> >> Date: Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 8:21 PM >> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> >> Cc: Venkata Appala <pradhan...@gmail.com> >> Subject: [BVARC] HF antenna and coax >> >> Hello all, >> I am working on setting up a temporary HF antenna that I can setup or take >> down when not in use. For this, I am exploring MFJ 1979 telescope antenna. I >> am not sure if this is the right choice yet. My idea was to use some >> mount(yet to figure this out) in the backyard, run the cable inside the home >> when I want to use HF. In addition, when I am visiting some park, planning >> to mount if using some mag mount. I don’t have much of a backyard and wanted >> to see if this antenna can be used at home and when I am visiting places. >> With this info, I have few questions. Please bear with me as I am absolutely >> new to Ham and might ask dumb questions. While reading, one thing I realized >> is that, the antenna depends on the bands I wish to use. Well, at the >> moment, I want to start with something that can get me on air for commonly >> used frequencies where I can listen in and learn how to use the radio. At >> the moment, all I have is a HF transceiver with builtin tuner. >> >> 1) Is 1979 a good antenna? It appears it is around $70 and I am assuming >> this can get me started without breaking any bank. >> 2) Coax…looking at the options, this seems like a candy store and I can’t >> figure out which one. I am guessing something around 50 ft in length might >> work and my limited research shows LMR 240 might be good option. Is this >> true or should I find a better alternative? >> 3) Any suggestions on mounts for the antenna that I can use in the backyard? >> >> >> Ps: Thank you to Ed and Richard for pointing me in the right direction at >> Fulshear farmer’s market. I am also researching on end fed antenna but this >> will be a build/diy project. >> >> Thank you for all the guidance and suggestions. >> >> 73 >> Venkata Appala KJ5BVS >> pradhan...@gmail.com > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
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