[Elecraft] Antenna

[Dave-KK7SS]

Tom,

I've had a Sigma 5 for about 3 years now. It was my only antenna until a few
mopnths ago when I put a dipole at 18 ft.  :-\

It has served me very well. Here ia what I sent another who asked about my
Sigma 5....

""As for the Sigma 5; I have a small city lot, bounded on the East by power,
telephone and cable lines- North and South by a 6 ft chain link fence and
on the West is the house with its' aluminum siding.  The poor old Sigma 5
sits
on the ground in the middle of all this!!

 *BUT* with 5 W of SSB I've worked into Beijing, Tokyo, Alaska, Terra del
Fuego and Europe (and a 'pipeline' into Texas and Arizona!!).  It works very
well for me. And as it breaks down into 2 ft pieces, I can take it when I go
camping... it sits on a Campbells' soup can (to keep it from making a hole
in the grass) held up by three 3/16" nylon guy wires to three tent stakes in
the grass. <G>

They (Force 12) do a heavier duty version called a GT 5. It has thicker wall
tubing and has 4 ft long pieces. My friend, W7UNX, has bought and installed
it and is satisfied with it. It's strong enough for his XYL to hang some
flower pots on (to fool the neighbors!!)

My other antenna is a W1INN 42 ft multi-band dipole at 15 feet. It covers
80/40/20/15/10. It works great to lower the QRN but normally doesn't hear or
talk
as well as the Sigma 5. It likes bigger signals. And the Sigma 5 covers 5
bands including the WARC bands - 20 thru 10"

I'm very satisfied with it Any more info I can give you???

Bet regards

Dave KK7SS