[CTSARA] antennas

[David Parmet]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.  I think for now I'm going to looking
into a Hamstick dipole sort of solution.


On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Tony <kb1sun at aol.com> wrote:

> David, when you are in a position to replace your antenna, I highly
> recommend the 7-band Buckmaster OCF (or the 8-band version if you have room
> for it).  It's built like a tank (although radiates much better).  Mine has
> been up almost continuously since May 2010 and has survived three major
> storms, including Sandy, and numerous smaller ones.  We use AT's (KK1R)
> 8-band version for the GOTA station on Field Day.
>
> 73 es HNY
> de Tony
> K1OC
>
> On Jan 5, 2013, at 3:39 PM, David Parmet <david at parmet.net> wrote:
>
> > Terry - thanks.. That would be great. I really appreciate it.
> >
> > PS - It was the snow after Christmas that finally did in the Windom.  It
> > survived Sandy and all the storms afterwards.  It seems to be mostly
> there
> > but I'm going to wait till the weather is better to go and survey the
> > damage.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 3:26 PM, <ranceiii at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> David,
> >>
> >> I think I may have a 20 meter dipole around I could loan you.
> >> I will look around my basement and see if I can find it.
> >> 73,
> >> Terry
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: David Parmet <david at parmet.net>
> >> To: Stamford Amateur Radio Association <ctsara at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Sat, Jan 5, 2013 2:04 pm
> >> Subject: [CTSARA] antennas
> >>
> >> Despite W1TSM's ingenius construction and tennis ball gun - my backyard
> >> antenna in the woods has finally succumbed to the storms.
> >>
> >> It's pretty icy so I can't get back into the woods to survey the damage
> >> until it warms up significantly or Spring, whichever comes first.
> >>
> >> In the meanwhile I'm looking for a temporary and inexpensive solution to
> >> get me on at least 20m. Does anyone have any experience using Hamsticks
> or
> >> Hamstick like antennas? Or have any suggestions?
> >>
> >> thanks and 73s
> >>
> >> David KC2JNS
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