Tom I had some very good experience with a Hygain trap vertical (40-10m). I had it set up in a ground plane configuration with 4 radials per band.
The base of the antenna was no more than 20 ' high at most and I had 4 sets of "bundled radials" that I had staked out ~ every 90 degrees around the antenna. Each "bundle" had one radial cut for each band. I also used guys near the top that kept the antenna pretty stable in some high winds. I actually operated with the antenna at heights as low as 10 -15 ft. and still had reasonably good results. All of this running from < 2watts to ~ 10 watts. I've been using a GAP Titan with the K2 and running ~ 10 watts max have worked over 180 countries in the past year or less using this set up. Lars WB2ORD ----- Original Message ----- From: "tom.w3qs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:24 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] The K2 and Random Antennas > Some interesting ideas, Stuart. I may have to try them. My two biggest > problems, now, are getting the RF out of the shack and feeding antenna > anywhere other than at the end. I am seriously thinking of getting a > trapped vertical which would solve both problems. I was trying to do this > on the cheap, and guess that isn't a good idea. > > Anyone have any experience with the Hustler 6 band vertical? > > 73, Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart Rohre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:54 PM > To: tom.w3qs > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The K2 and Random Antennas > > Tom, > You can always find a way to run balanced line to a good center fed doublet, > (dipole). > > You can put it on electric fence 5 inch plastic standoffs across a wall or > ceiling, then inside pvc conduit as you pass thru a wall. Use Wireman's 300 > ohm ladder line, which is narrow. An alternate way thru a wall is to mount > two "all threads" rods in shrink tubing on each; in a pair of drilled holes > spaced about the spacing of your feeder. > > Use PVC conduit larger than the ladder line by a factor of 2X and space the > ladder line by cutting some foam spaces to slip over the line. Make these > circular and spaced every 18 inches. > > Twisting a ladder line also helps keep it equally spaced from unbalancing > conductors, in that any coupling will be equally received by the parallel > wires as they change direction in the twist. The twist is every 18 inches > or more at HF. > > 73, > Stuart > K5KVH > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
