[Elecraft] Re: Portable Antennae

[Bill Harris]

Sandy & Chris
If you happen to have another 33 ft. mast; a real performer is a pair of 1/2 wave verticals,(20 thru 10m) spaced anywhere between 1/4 to 5/8ths WL, end fed in phase, or not. Can fire broadside or off the ends. Use four of these in a box pattern you can have a unidirectional beam. Center feeding would enable you to tune 17-15-12 & 10m, where, on 10, you would have colinear verticals Simple to hook up. No radials. More gain than a Bobtail and a lower T/O angle. Great DX antenna.
 IT SURE WORKS!

Carry-on
BillHarris w7kxb
PS..I haven't tried the center fed arrangement, as yet, but it sure looks good on paper.
PPS...Maybe someone should establish an Elecraft Field Operation Reflector (YahooGroups?) and lighten the load on this reflector.

> From: ebjr37 at charter.net
> To: g0wfhchris at btinternet.com; Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Portable Antennae
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:14:38 -0600
> CC: 
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> This is the thing I use the most.  I use the MFJ 33' Fiberglass mast.  Small hookup wire for antenna elements.  33' vertical and at least 2, preferably 4 radials laid on ground 90 degrees apart.  White insulated "mil-spec" type wire used (24-26 guage) with tracer stripes.  White wire wasy to see and helps prevent people tripping over the strands.  
>
 The vertical is very quick to setup and takedown.  Doesn't require and
> weights or slinghots to get the far end supported over a tree limb.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Sandy W5TVW
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> From: "Chris" <g0wfhchris at btinternet.com>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 1:00 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Portable Antennae
> 
> 
> hi over the years ive done a good bit of portable work. and  the best
> antennae i have used is a vertical . i use a dk9sq 33ft mast with 33ft copper wire taped to the mast ( 1/4 wave on 40m)  an atu and ground wires or on a nice day the wire conected to my k2. useing the atu in the k2 to work other bands ive worked all over the world so me im happy with vertical ants dont take much room and quick to put up wish you goodluck with what you use and most of all
> good fun
> chris g0wfh
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