[Elecraft] Looking for shortened Ham-Stick antenna article

[n2htt at optonline.net]

Leigh,

Thanks for the update - sounds like Lakeview has updated their product line since I last bought a HamStick.

At lunch today I tried a brief Ham Radio Experiment, and answered my own question: took my 40M HamStick base and put a shorty whip from an old 2m antenna on it -- 9 inches of whip gave a  minimum 2:1 SWR on 30  meters - well within the range of the ATU in my K1.

It seemed to hear well, but I haven't tried to transmit on it yet, so I don't know if this is actually a workable solution, but it looks promising. We're having nice spring-like weather in the Northeast these past few days, so I may get to try some more tomorrow.

73,
Mike N2HTT

> Mike,
> The Lakeview company makes both short and long Hamsticks (their 
> brand).  
> I have found I can put the short ones for 40, 30, and 20 on top of 
> my 
> Subaru Outback and drive around town, but the long ones are only 
> good 
> when parked.
> Leigh / WA5ZNU