[Elecraft] ELEPRODUCT POLL (WAS Any advice on the OHR WM-2 QRPwattmeter?)

[Kevin Rock]

Agreed!  All I really want is a dipole that's bullet proof in the field.  
One I can be rough with tossing through the trees and pulling back out.  
One that works as a sloper or as a flat top unit.  Maybe some neat little 
reel in units on the ends.  I think it would make a great kit :)  Not much 
profit but what difference does that make?  We are dreaming here anyway.
    73,
       Kevin.



On Fri, 14 May 2004 18:09:48 -0500 (GMT-05:00), Mike Morrow 
<kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Kevin Rock wrote:
>
>> How about a decent portable antenna?  One capable of stuffing in a
>> backpack and using on the trail.
>
> But how much profit could there be in selling a simple wire dipole?  : - 
> )
>
> Thirty years of experimenting with and wasting money on about every type 
> of compact antenna that could be made portable have led me to the 
> conclusion, beyond any doubt, that a simple, cheap, compact, 
> light-weight, resonant dipole is the only really "decent" portable 
> antenna.
>
> Short loading-coil verticals are, OTOH, absolute abominations, even 
> though one can waste a lot of money and signal on commercially-made 
> versions.
>
> 73,
> Mike / KK5F
>
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