[Elecraft] pedestrian portable

Sun Feb 9 00:42:01 2003

L-Length of dragging wire
H-Height of person carrying pedestrian backpack
A-Amount of people in the vicinity of dragging wire
G-Number of angry people trying to avoid dragging wire
T-Number of people who stepped on dragging wire per unit time (s)

L=H+G/A*T
Note as A approaches 0, L goes to infinity.

Alternative is to not use a dragging wire and just some metal material such
as the aluminum backpack frame and perhaps some wire bunched up in the
bottom of the backpack.  After all you're only TX QRP Power and will get out
quite well with a good antenna like a outbacker joey.

Regards,
Robert VE3RPF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel L Brinneman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 12:21 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] pedestrian portable

> Hi,
>
> I feel for lack of motivation for walking to work, I would like to add my
> own spice to the menu, and go pedestrian portable with the K2 and maybe
> the Hamstick or the July 2002 QST portable HF antenna.
>
> I have in mind to use the external frame of my backpack and use an
> L-bracket that I will make to set the antenna on, and maybe get a front
> pouch from PetSmart for carrying the K2.  And a wire dragging.
>
> Any ideas?  What is the equation for selecting the length of the dragging
> wire?
>
> Daniel
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