Martin,
The Maldol 20M whip is fine with a radial 10-16ft and a 1ft or so piece
of bus wire clipped to the top with an alligator clip, at any angle. I
worked Florida from Toronto on vacation twice with that antenna, acting
on Wayne N6KR's lead. But on a bike you may want something better as
you havbe the opportunity (and mechanical need) to hold something more
substantial, such as a Hamstick or a CB whip. Watch the height
regulations though! The ground will be different, especially on the low
bands. Budd W3FF operates his Buddipole on a bike with great success
and he uses an inductor in series with the ground to the bike frame on
60M. I have heard Budd work the south pole on it SSB!
73,
Leigh.
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 8:20 am, Martin Gillen wrote:
Hi.
I read the manual for the KXAT1 and the advice for antennas states that
short whip antennas should only be used in emergencies.
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