Tom wrote :
I have a question for the collective out there. What is your favorite
antenna to take to the field or backyard. I won't be hiking deep into
the woods, but would like to hear what you have found to be a good
balance between ease of use and effectiveness as an antenna.
Tom :
I
Don wrote :
My antenna for portable operation is a 44 ft. doublet antenna fed with
twisted pair teflon insulated #24 wire (the antenna flattop is the same
material).
Great antenna Don (see my earlier posting ;-) ) .
I just thought that I would add that I found that the teflon coated
stuff
I have a question for the collective out there. What is your favorite antenna
to take to the field or backyard. I won't be hiking deep into the woods, but
would like to hear what you have found to be a good balance between ease of use
and effectiveness as an antenna.
I have used a W3EDP with
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K2/100 s/n 678
K1 s/n 159
KX1 s/n 119
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What is your favorite antenna to take to the field or backyard.
Hi Tom,
I have two favorites: my homebrew PAC-12 vertical, and my twinlead inverted
vee.
If there are skyhooks available, I'll use the inverted vee. It only
requires one branch up about 30 feet to hang it, and the 1/8 cords at
My antenna for portable operation is a 44 ft. doublet antenna fed with
twisted pair teflon insulated #24 wire (the antenna flattop is the same
material).
I use it in conjunction with a telescoping pole, but a line over a tree
branch would work too - the pole is not 'tree dependent'. I erect it
Why wait till you get there?
This is a trail friendly radio !
i use a 10 foot whip with a top hat on it. No loading coils.
The whip sits in my rear pocket and i use a drag wire for a counterpoise
while hiking along.
i have worked : Foxes, USA, Costa Rica, Latvia, Estonia, Canada, Virgin
Island,
k9ew - Ed wrote:
What is your favorite antenna to take to the field or backyard.
Hi Tom,
I have two favorites: my homebrew PAC-12 vertical, and my twinlead inverted
vee.
If there are skyhooks available, I'll use the inverted vee. It only
requires one branch up about 30 feet to hang it,
RG wrote:
k9ew - Ed wrote:
What is your favorite antenna to take to the field or backyard.
Hi Tom,
I have two favorites: my homebrew PAC-12 vertical, and my twinlead
inverted
vee.
If there are skyhooks available, I'll use the inverted vee. It only
requires one branch up about 30
For 20 meters and up, the Minuteman antenna I have has been very good in
performance and ease of use.
It does require some guying in a wind, and I modified the upper section to
have another PVC pipe section to provide more Velcro attachments to
stabilize the collapsible whip.
Stuart
K5KVH
I use a simple doublet made from 64 ft. of 18 ga. speaker wire. The
first 24 ft. is split to make halfwave dipole elements on 30 meters,
with the remaining 40 feet serving as a balanced feedline. The KX1 can
tune it on all 3 bands, with good results. Besides vee and sloper
arrangements, I
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