Ref: Homless......let's not forget the ever present shopping cart! Get a BIG one. It can be used as a counter poise in place of a set of radials or a drag wire. One could also try loading the shopping cart and using it as an antenna since the wheels are composed of a non-conductive set of wheels so the cart would be above ground.
Just sayin' Vy 73 es gud DX! Rich Arland K7SZ WPE7BYR Radio/electronics archaeologist Author: The ARRL's Low Power Communicatoions Bent Dipole Ranch, Dacula, GA http://commobunker.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Michael Blake via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 4:40 PM To: Mark Goldberg Cc: Elecraft Reflector; KX3 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Urban stealth HF: Inside-the-backpack loop antenna? Mark (W7MLG), It is scary how perfectly sane and normal your suggestions sound to me :) Very 73 - Mike - K9JRI > On Jan 22, 2019, at 4:32 PM, Mark Goldberg <marklgoldb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would expect any high Q antenna like a loop would be detuned by any > movement or any metal you pass by. One more reason to support automatic > mobile screwdriver / mag loop antenna tuning on the KX series. > A flag on a backpack would be more or less ignored. Just put a flag on the > top of the AX1. Counterpoise is an issue though. Maybe a short one down > your leg? > > Now, if you dressed as a homeless or otherwise distressed person, lots of > weird things are possible, tinfoil hat with a big flag, dragged wire > disguised as one of those fake animals on a leash, etc. The weirder, the > more people will ignore you. > > Hopefully taken in the spirit of which it is posted. > > 73, > > Mark > W7MLG > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 1:57 PM Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com [KX3] < > kx3-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > ______________________________________________________________ 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 k...@live.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
