[Elecraft] Buddipole vs. tuner and wire

Don Wilhelm w3fpr at embarqmail.com
Tue May 13 11:08:55 EDT 2008


Brian,

Also remember that one cannot defeat the laws of physics.
A Buddypole is nothing but a piece of radiating 'wire' (OK, so it is a 
tube or whip, little difference) that is tuned by the inductor.  A piece 
of wire the same length as the Buddypole attached to a tuner should 
perform about the same. (you will still need the radials connected to 
the tuner 'ground').

The longer the wire, and the higher the wire, the better the radiation 
will be.

If you are looking for convenience, then the Buddypole or something 
similar is a good choice, but if you are striving for efficiency, a 
longer wire with a tuner or a dipole will be better.

73,
Don W3FPR

Robert Tellefsen wrote:
> Hi Brian
> It really depends on what you can find for
> antenna supports.  A wire dipole cut to frequency
> and up in the air higher than you are likely to
> raise a Buddipole will do more for you.  The
> Buddipole makes a nice fallback antenna, but
> I'd try for an elevated wire antenna where possible.
> 73, Bob N6WG
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian Lloyd" <brian-wb6rqn at lloyd.com>
> To: "elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:57 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Buddipole vs. tuner and wire
>
>
>   
>> I am heading out on a bit of a DXpedition in a month and will be
>> dragging the K2 along with me. I will be in St. Kitts (V4) and
>> Dominica (J7).
>>
>> Thinking about antennas, I was planning to take my SGC-231 tuner and
>> some wire but am also looking at the Buddipole (which Elecraft sells
>> so that makes it on-topic here :-) as an alternative.
>>
>> Would anyone care to comment on wire/tuner vs. Buddipole?
>>
>> --
>>
>> 73 de Brian, WB6RQN
>> Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com
>>     
>


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