I've recently been using an 11 meter fishing pole to hold up a 21 meter
wire, and it works quite well on 20 and 40. (It should also work on 10
and 15, and a shorter wire on 30.) I can get the antenna up in about 10
minutes almost anywhere there's enough room. Obviously, the pole could
hold various lengths of wire in all sorts of configurations, like a half
wave vertical or inverted L. Just about anything more than 11 meters
long ought to work better than a short loaded vertical.
The internal tuner won't load a half wave multiple like this wire, so I
built a small tuner. The internal tuner would probably match a quarter
wave (3/4 wave, etc.) with radials on the ground, but that kind of
antenna might not be as effective.
The pole is:
http://www.allfishingbuy.com/Fishing-Pole/Pole-A2-83-2-12017.htm
It weighs just 600 g. (This outfit has others
longer/shorter/heavier/cheaper.)
I'd be glad to share the tuner design.
73,
Scott K9MA
On 7/11/2016 08:37, Robert Reiman wrote:
What portable or walk about Antenna could I use with my KX2? 72's Bob
kb9ivakb9...@sbcglobal.net
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