[Elecraft] K3 --- Buddipole and Buddistick Antenna's

[Vic K2VCO]

Paul Maruna wrote:
> I notice that Elecraft has the Buddipole and Buddistick antennas in their order form.
> 
> Can the K3 use the Buddistick antenna or is it better built for the Buddipole antenna ?

It would work fine with either antenna. The real issue is that both of 
these antennas are compromises designed to make it easy to set up a 
station in the field. If you are planning to operate from a fixed 
location, you will get much better performance from a wire antenna 
mounted as high as possible, and such an antenna would be much cheaper.

In the field, a Buddipole would be especially good if you can locate it 
next to a sharp dropoff, which would compensate for the low height. A 
Buddistick would be especially good on a beachfront or other salt-water 
location, but relatively poor in the mountains where ground conductivity 
is not so good.

Many operators have good luck in the field with wire antennas placed in 
trees by slingshot/reel devices, etc. The higher the better.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco