[Elecraft] Buddipoles and KX1

[Chris]

ive never used a buddipole but i have used ground monted virticals
ex army tank whips 9ft,16ft and 33ft dk9sq f/glass mast portable
qrp on ssb and ive worked the world a bit of wire hung in a tree
will work well cheep and easy to do part of the fun is makeing
your antennas verticals get my vote ( best on 40/80/160m any day)
chris g0wfh
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Buddipoles and KX1


> Tom wrote:
>
>>Since you are going to be a newly minted ham, I would not recommend
>>a Buddipole right now. I would take the suggestion of the others and
>>build a 44 or 66 foot doublet and feed it with twin lead or build a
>>resonant dipole.  Any of these simple antennas will out perform a
>>Buddipole...
>
> Excellent advice.  I would go so far as to state without fear of
> informed contradiction that a dipole will grossly grossly outperform
> any portable HF vertical, which almost never has an adequate grounding
> system.  The difference on receive or transmit is more often than not
> about five S-units, equivalent to 30 dB.  What this means is that a
> one watt signal to a dipole would require 1000 watts (!!) to the
> portable vertical to match.
>
> Plus, you can build about 100 dipoles for the typical price of one
> commercial portable HF vertical, and you need no grounding system.
> If you want the plans for a simple 7-band portable dipole, drop me
> a line.
>
> Portable verticals...just say "No!"
>
> Mike / KK5F
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