[Elecraft] KX-1 what do you use for an antenna when you're in a place with no trees to throw the vertical up?

[Wes Stewart]

I have a couple of used 40' fiberglass "hot sticks" that a guy was selling locally some time ago.  They're not backpacking light and even as stout as they look, they're pretty limber and need some guying.  The other downside: they're bright yellow except the top section which is day-glow green.


--- On Wed, 2/25/09, Bob Cunnings <bob.cunnings at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Bob Cunnings <bob.cunnings at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 what do you use for an antenna when you're in a place with no trees to throw the vertical up?
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 4:16 PM
> Out here I often operate in the desert, with no trees at all
> for
> antennas or shade! I use a 32 foot telescoping fiberglass
> pole
> (sometimes 2) from The Mast Company to get wire in the air
> nice and
> high, either as horizontal doublets, vees,  or slopers.
> 
> http://www.tmastco.com/main/page_products_telescopic_poles.html
> 
> Bob NW8L
> 
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Garrett, Russ
> <Russ.Garrett at bullivant.com> wrote:
> > I have a camping trip planned and will likely be in a
> few places where
> > there are no trees where I will easily get a vertical
> wire up.  What
> > does everyone else do when the surroundings are not
> ideal for a wire in
> > a tree?  I have seen other antennas referenced such
> as the buddystick
> > and the PAC-12.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Russ Garrett
> > Kd7mpk
> >
> >
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