I've found that the Buddipole is very flexible and you can configure it in many ways. I think this is what causes some people to not like the antenna. There isn't just one way to do it. I like it because you can play with it and try out different configurations to see what works for you. I have used the Buddipole with wire. I put the Buddipole together without the whips and instead of the whips I used a wire to make a longer inverted-V. It worked fine on 40m and 20m without changing the taps (using the ATU of course). I didn't try it on other bands. If you like playing with antennas outside, it is a good kit.
At home, I have a 20m - 6m vertical but nothing for 40m. When it is nice outside, I setup the Buddipole for 40m on my deck and operate from inside where it is either warmer or colder (depending on the season) and without the bugs. 73 Jay On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:15 AM, lstavenhagen <lstavenha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Don't mean to jump in, but I'm actually kicking the idea of a Buddipole > around for portable operation myself. I used to think it was expensive until > I recently tried to homebrew an equivalent out of parts from the hardware > store. To my surprise, by the time I got one side built with a homebrew > coil, supports, etc., I was getting distressingly close to having spent > somewhere in the neighborhood of the cost of a Buddistick and I _still_ had > this hulking piece of garbage that actually weighed a fair bit and couldn't > be broken down, etc. If you already have stuff on hand it can be > cost-effective, but if you're like me and having to go from scratch you'll > be shocked and amazed at how even something simple adds up. > > The other solution - a 100' piece of wire - is cheap from the hardware store > (about 15 bucks) and works surprisingly well with a good tuner and > counterpoise, but requires a tree or other support to get it into the air. > And then you have the inevitable snarl of wire for the main piece and the > counterpoise unless you figure out a good method of coiling/uncoiling the > wire (more $$$). > My problem too is some of the places I'd like to go QRV are on tops of hills > and mountains where good trees aren't available so my wire ant. wouldn't > work there, unless I had my own support somehow. > > The only drawback I can see with the buddipole is that, because it's > intended as a resonant system, you'd need to retune it by moving the clips > when you change bands. With the wire, the tuner just takes care of that. > > But to be honest, I havn't been able to come up with a significantly > better/cheaper solution myself for portable that does the same thing. I can > go cheaper, but it's bulkier and heavier. Otherwise, it costs about as much > hi hi. > > So I'm considering one too and may even use it in my apt. when I'm not /p. > My indoor wire solution works moderately well for receive, but is not great > for transmit.... > > 73, > LS > W5QD > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Using-Buddi-Pole-Deluxe-Antenna-with-K3-tp4867678p4870948.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
