[Elecraft] Fwd: Sigma 5 Antenna

Mon May 19 17:34:00 2003

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>Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 14:23:23 -0700
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>From: Mark Perrin <[email protected]>
>Subject: Sigma 5 Antenna
>
>Saw your question re use of Sigma 5 antenna on the Elecraft reflector.
>
>I have had a Sigma 5 antenna for a year now, mostly using as a travel 
>antenna - were it works great.  I have also had occasion to loan it out to 
>new hams, to help jump start them in hobby, and in once case to a long 
>time ham who moved last year and had just not gotten back on air.
>
>My experiences with it as travel antenna in various Caribbe locations and 
>IOTA trips to VE7 have been great.  We also used it last year at Field Day 
>in an industrial parking lot, with huge KV power line nearby - no problem, 
>worked fine.
>
>New hams seem to like it and it gets them on HF without waiting to figure 
>out what kind of antenna they want, problems with apartments, XYL 
>concerns, etc.  Just get them on the air is my motto, and the Sigma 5 
>antenna helps with that for sure.
>
>And in the case of the ham friend off the air for a year - he used it for 
>a month just after Christmas, and turns out that he was operating it for a 
>while with the Sigma 5 lying on the ground - unknown to it, had blown 
>over.  Still worked!  Go figure.
>
>Very simple antenna to put together.  I did modify it by adding another 50 
>feet to the control line, to get it our further from operating location 
>when using power.  Love this little antenna.
>
>vy 73 de Mark N7MQ