Well, you get what you pay for is about all I can say there. The Buddipole is so well thought out and constructed you don't have to replace half of it with upgrades as soon as you buy it, like some of the cheaper alternatives I looked at. You're basically done with the credit card the first time around unless you need extra accessories like the aforementioned whips, and you don't have to get it out again for a long time. It just works and it stays together in the field, which for me makes it worth what I paid for it.
The only thing I had to repair was the painters-pole style attachment at the top of the telescoping mast. It's held on with just a set screw; I had to remove it and reinstall using hot melt glue and it's been permanent ever since. That's the only problem I've had. So yeah you can get other antennas for cheaper, but nothing else I looked at looked like it could survive throwing around and setup/teardown etc. on a repeated basis for a long time like the BP. And it's definitely proven itself to not break or strand me out in the mountains for sure... 73 LS W5QD Jim Brown-10 wrote > I've never understood the logic of that -- lightweight, easy to support > antennas that are more effective are a lot cheaper. > > 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: > Elecraft@.qth > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to > lists+1215531472858-365791@.nabble -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/New-KX3-up-running-tp7617152p7617157.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
