[Elecraft] Re: LONG: Background info on Re: WTB: CPK for Butternut HF-6V

[Jerry Flanders]

At 11:59 AM 8/20/2008, Niel Skousen wrote:
>...
>I have a 24' tree, with some 3-4' bushes at the base, in a desert/rock
>landscaped front yard.  The back has no 'cover' yet, and antenna's are
>more visible in spite of a fence.  The plan is to install the antenna
>obscured by the tree, in the front yard.  Given the landscaping, ground
>mounted with a full radial system is not possible so elevating the
>antenna as high as possible without guys or objectionable visibility
>wash chosen.  My last HF-6V had 32  ea 32' buried radials, wish I could
>reproduce that !...

I think in your situation, I would swap that HF-6V for an automatic 
antenna tuner  and then conceal that automatic antenna tuner at the 
base of that tree with a 24 foot wire running up the trunk. Snake a 
few radials among the rocks on the ground along with a ground rod and 
then let it rip. Don't worry about the radials not being straight.

The tuner would automatically do a tune cycle when needed, you would 
have all bands, and very low visibility - even better than the HF-6V.

I have an HF-6V also, and I know they work, but not really any better 
than a same-length wire with a tuner.

Jerry W4UK