Brian, Have you considered something like the YO-YO tenna? www.hamradiofun.com/yoyodeluxe.html
They are very nice and compact dipole antenna and can be made to resonant length by only spooling out the correct amount of wire that you need for the particular band you want to work. Hoist it up in a coconut tree as high as you can get it and I think you'd be better off then with the buddipole at ground level. 73 Matt w5LL On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 07:53 -0700, Robert Tellefsen wrote: > Hi Brian > It really depends on what you can find for > antenna supports. A wire dipole cut to frequency > and up in the air higher than you are likely to > raise a Buddipole will do more for you. The > Buddipole makes a nice fallback antenna, but > I'd try for an elevated wire antenna where possible. > 73, Bob N6WG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:57 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] Buddipole vs. tuner and wire > > > > I am heading out on a bit of a DXpedition in a month and will be > > dragging the K2 along with me. I will be in St. Kitts (V4) and > > Dominica (J7). > > > > Thinking about antennas, I was planning to take my SGC-231 tuner and > > some wire but am also looking at the Buddipole (which Elecraft sells > > so that makes it on-topic here :-) as an alternative. > > > > Would anyone care to comment on wire/tuner vs. Buddipole? > > > > -- > > > > 73 de Brian, WB6RQN > > Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
