[Elecraft] K2 --- Park Portable Antenna

[Brian Lloyd]

On Jul 6, 2008, at 5:37 PM, k7hbg at dslextreme.com wrote:

> Hi Vic;
> Your advice of launching a long wire into tree punched my "lets do
> something" button. I think I'll take my K2 out to the park next week  
> and
> try getting on the air with a tree vertical as you suggested. Twenty
> meters should have some life in it and with this in mind, what form  
> would
> this simple antenna system take? I have a KAT100 which I could take  
> along
> to match it.

I have done this. I use a 40' piece of wire with nylon line tied to  
the end. A monkey-fist around a tennis ball makes a dandy throwing- 
thing to get the line over a tree branch. I then string out a 45'  
piece of wire as a counterpoise. Works just dandy.

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73 de Brian, WB6RQN
Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com