[Elecraft] Portable Antennae

[Dave Andrus]

I have been extremely happy with the Pacific Antennas PAC-12 mini  
vertical.  It's a kit that's easy to build, very light, breaks down to  
a very small bundle 12 inches long, and it's been very efficient.  I  
worked VP6DX on 3 bands with it!  Price is right as well.  Easy enough  
to buy one just to throw into the car trunk and have for casual or  
emergency comms.  BTW, I am using just the stock, simple 8-foot  
radials that come with the kit.  Takes no time at all to set up.  Just  
push it into reasonably soft ground, spread out the radials in an 8- 
foot radius, connect a 15-foot piece of RG-174 coax with BNC's on both  
ends, and start calling.

I'd much rather set this antenna up in a random campsite than string a  
wire antenna.  Unless you're camping on concrete, you can always have  
the antenna feedpoint within a few feet of where you want to be sitting.

Very happy customer--I bought two of them, no financial interest other  
than that.

BTW, they have two versions that differ only in the loading coil.   
With one, you wind individual coils for each band that you swap out  
(60 seconds max).  The second version has a single coil with a tap  
wire and clip that you move.  My first purchase was the one with the  
individual coils, and that's the one I've been using most of the  
time.  All the parts are identical and interchangeable otherwise.

Their website:
http://www.pacificantenna.com/

eHam reviews (including mine):
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4617

73,

Dave K7DAA
http://www.k7daa.com

On Feb 29, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Larry K1UO wrote:

>
>
>
> While I await my K3 (sometime in June) I would like to construct a  
> good
> portable antennae to use while camping (RV camping). If it is a  
> dipole it
> will need to be short enough to fit in the footprint of a campsite.  
> Any
> recommendations.maybe even for a vertical?
>
>
>
> 73 & God Bless!
>
> Ken/NO4D
>
> Ken,
>
>   Take a look at either the "End Fedz" or "Buddi Pole" portable  
> antennas.
> Possibly one of those may suit your needs.  Good luck
>
> Larry K1UO
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