[Elecraft] best ultralightweight beach vertical?

[Michael Harris]

G'day,

How about carbon fibre fishing rod blanks.  Ordinary glass fibre would
work with a flex weave conductor threaded up it with about 10-15cm
sticking out of the top so that the sections can be parted and folded into
a bundle.

Could even be used as a fishing pole.

Someone else will have come up with the stake

Regards,

Mike VP8NO



> like a multi-section or telescoping vertical that's 8 to 10' long, 0.5"
> or smaller in diameter, and most important, weighs just a few ounces.
> In a perfect world it would also come with a stake to plant in the
> sand. It doesn't even have to be resonant, since I can use the KX1's
> internal tuner, supplemented if necessary by a small coil interposed
> between the rig and the antenna, to tune the antenna on all three
> bands. This would make for instant band change without fussing with a
> tap or swapping loading coils. A nonresonant whip would also probably
> be a lot lighter and less expensive than backpacking-style antennas
> that are packaged with per-band coils, etc.