[Elecraft] Buddipole on 2m?

[Clark B. Wierda]

I've used the Buddipole quite successfully on 2M.

First was for a century (100 mile) bide ride we do here in Michigan.  This
usage is at the far end of the course and over a ridge fro the repeater we
use for the event.  The second time I used the Buddipole on 2M was after
Katrina on the Gulf coast.  There we had a simplex net (no repeaters)
covering Jackson county, MS.

I use the 16 foot mast and an extra whip with the VeraTee.  I wire the
horizontal whips together as the ground plane (sometimes I angle them down
at 45 degrees).
-- 
Clark B. Wierda
N8CBW


> I am considering purchasing a buddipole from elecraft for portable hf
> use. This weekend I need to set up a 2m base station to provide
> communications for a local bicycle race.  The buddipole literature
> indicates that it works from 2meters through hf.  Has anyone tried to
> use the buddipole for 2 meter repeater work.  I'm assuming I will need
> to orient the buddipole near vertically or otherwise to achieve vertical
> polarization.  My real reason for wanting a buddipole is for travel with
> my KX-1, or field use with the K2/100, but if it will solve the
> immediate problem, it may get me moving to make the purchase!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Howard Ashcraft, W1WF
>
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