The par end fed z has served me well portable - used it for 2012 field day and placed second in our class - although we did have a hex beam as well for daytime operation - when 40 went long in the middle of the night - the par end fed did great. I typically get into eastern Europe with the par antenna when conditions are good. I used the 40-20-10 matchbox and turned it into a 30m monobander that also works great on 15m - so you can get 5 bands with two pieces of wire . I never got any distance with the Buddistick and sold it.
Ariel NY4G Sent from my iPhone On Jan 28, 2013, at 12:16 PM, "Gil G." <g...@keskydee.com> wrote: > The PAR works great on 40m, it's the Buddistick that is inefficient on that > band with the original coil and whip. > > A magnetic loop isn't hard to build. You can get an air variable capacitor, > say 100pF, some soft copper coil from the hardware store and PVC tubing for > support and build one in no time. The downside is the narrow bandwidth and > potentially lethal voltages, but they work great. > Here is one I made for 6m: http://radiopreppers.com/index.php/topic,325.0.html > And for 30/40m: http://radiopreppers.com/index.php/topic,180.0.html > I have enough copper left for a 10-30m version as well. Much cheaper than > buying an already made one from Europe... > > Gil. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
