I use a method similar to my home installation of a 100 foot spool of
#16 insulated "primary" wire hanging from a limb high up in a big fir
tree. At home it drops from a 70 foot branch at a 45° angle. The
copper plumbing system in the crawl space is the "ground" half of the
system.
When camping I
Along those same lines - back about 10 years ago while trying to participate in
field day with a group of local hams at a cabin in the U.P. of Michigan, I
ended up stringing an 80m dipole up about 6-10 feet off the ground, and made
dozens of contacts within 500 miles (MI, WI, MN, IA, IL, IN). I don
ends being up. From NJ running 5 watts into the antenna I
worked Switzerland with no problem.
73,
James KB2FCV
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From: Robert Tellefsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Richard Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Elecraft
Sent: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:45:31 -0800
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Dick
Don't let just a single tree in a campsite hold you back.
Use it and have fun. Drooping dipoles work just fine.
When the xyl and I were camping in Oregon, there were only some
rose bushes by our campsite and no trees. So I laid out my
40m dipole over the bushes, about 4 ft above ground, fir
I use one of these 8 foot long two-piece magmount verticals for 20 metres. I
just put it on top of the car - or a sheet of metal if I don't have the car -
and it works a treat. Doesn't even need an ATU.
I've managed the States and Japan miles from here with 4 watts RTTY no problem.
73
Bob
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