[Elecraft] multiband counterpoise with K1

Thu Dec 5 15:11:00 2002

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Wallace, Andy wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thom LaCosta [mailto:[email protected]]
>
> > FWIW, for years I was frustrated with bad locations, RF all over the
> > place, etc.....until I made up "The Bundle", a series of 1/4
> > wavelength wires for each band I use.  Taped them all together and
> > stretched it out around the secnd floor of my house.  The antenna is an
> end
> > fed wire about 89 feet long, and all of 15 feet high.
>
> Thom, thank you for this idea! I just tried it.

Glad it worked for you.  I guess instaed of calling it multiple
counterpoises, I'll just call it the K3HRN Bundle.

> I made a bundle as you described for my 4-band K1 (40/30/20/15) and
> drooped it down the stairwell.

Dang...if you could get the "hot" side hooked to a helium baloon...you
could create a vertical bundled antenna system (vbas, as oppossed to
large mouthed bass)

73

Thom

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