[Elecraft] "Quick & Dirty" Antenna?

Mon Apr 29 09:40:00 2002

There is always the Buddipole:

http://www.qsl.net/w3ff/

It supposedly can be built for about $30 & in a few hours with readily
available parts from your local builder supply & RadioShack. I keep
threatening to build one just for the heck of it.

73
Mike - AD5IU

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Gingrich K9DC" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] "Quick & Dirty" Antenna?

> At 08:05 4/29/2002 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
> >Good morning,
> >
> >I'm going to be taking a group of high schoolers camping later this week
> >(at the Great Smokies National Park) and was thinking about taking along
> >the K2. However, I haven't yet built an antenna to take along on camping
> >trips (my trips are usually in a Coleman pop-up or tents... this is going
> >to be a "tents" trip). I also don't have much free time between now and
> >when we leave on the trip so I can't devote much time to fabricating the
> >antenna. So...
>
> The KAT2 will tune just about any length wire directly attached to the
> radio. The longer and and higher you can get it the better. Avoid resonant
> lengths like 66 feet and take along a piece to lay out on the ground.  If
> you don't have them, you can buy a BNC to SO-329 adapter and bannana plugs
> at Radio Shack. It is helpful to take along some method of getting the
wire
> up, like football player's passing arm or a sling shot.
>
> I often do public park duty with my K1 and a 23 foot wire up in the
nearest
> tree, or out on a 14 ft fishing pole. I just returned from a trip to Korea
> where I was able to talk back home using an 85 ft wire from a second floor
> window and a 60 ft wire on the ground (although I admit, I borrowed a
> giga-tenna on the Indiana end of the circuit).
>
> See http://dcg.us/hoosierhill for pix from another event using the same
setup.
>
> -Dave
>
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> Dave Gingrich, K9DC - Indianapolis, Indiana  USA
> K2 #2211, K1 #931, QRP-L #2376, ARS #1109,
> FPQRP #389, IRLP #473, k9dc.ampr.org, CCIE #6748
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