[Elecraft] Buddipole vs. tuner and wire

[Matt Patterson]

Brian,

Have you considered something like the YO-YO tenna?
www.hamradiofun.com/yoyodeluxe.html

They are very nice and compact dipole antenna and can be made to
resonant length by only spooling out the correct amount of wire that you
need for the particular band you want to work.  Hoist it up in a coconut
tree as high as you can get it and I think you'd be better off then with
the buddipole at ground level.

73 Matt
w5LL
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 07:53 -0700, 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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