[Elecraft] Antenna for Travels?

[Mike Rioux]

I agree with Mike. I've found that simple dipoles work the best when you
don't really know the layout of the place you are heading off to.  I
generally take a couple hundred feet of insulated wire and a hundred
feet of cheap Radio Shack 300 ohm TV twinlead, I also cut up PVC pipe to
use as insulators before we go. A tuner and balun complete the antenna.
Since we are generally only at the location for a week or so, I don't
bother soldering any of the connections and rely on electrical tape to
seal the connections. If you need the room in your luggage for
souvenirs, just leave the antenna behind (taken down, of course) with
the hosts. One of the MFJ or Kanga push up fiberglass poles can be taken
along if you don't know anything about the location. It can be used as a
St Louis vertical or as the center for an inverted V.
Also, don't forget that a DX call 'adds' 10-20 db to your signal:)
I'll be J3/W1USN from 1/29-2/6/2004 and I will be using dipoles.
73,

Mike, W1USN
Boxford, MA USA
w1usn@rioux.org
WN1DAE, WN1TPE, WA1TPE, NW1J, VE1/WA1TPE, DL/WA1TPE, G0/NW1J, EA7/NW1J,
P4/NW1J, P4/W1USN, V31RN, 8P9CI, VP2ERN, V26NR, FS/W1USN, PJ8/W1USN,
J75RN, blah, blah

> [mailto:elecraft-admin@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Morrow
> Why not a simple wire dipole, if such an antenna can be 
> installed where you
> are going?  A dipole is cheap, simple, easy to pack, and 
> *most* importantly