[Elecraft] K2 ATU and 43-ft Vertical

[Alan Bloom]

I happened to be down at Harbor Freight yesterday and noticed they have
20-foot telescoping aluminum flag poles on sale for $55.  That should
make a good vertical on 40-10 meters (almost 5/8 wave on 10) with maybe
a little bit of top-loading needed on 40.  It even comes with an
American flag.  :=)

Al N1AL


On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 20:06 -0400, Tom W8JI wrote:
> > The base loading coil is nearly identical in design to the 
> > toroidal
> > coil of AD5X, linked below.  I do intend to find 160 & 80m 
> > tap
> > locations for the antenna.
> 
> I hope you have serious top loading.
> 
> I have a video of a base loading coil throwing a two inch 
> long arc when running 500 watts on 160 meters into a 43-foot 
> vertical that is mounted over a good ground system. It 
> looked like the Northern Lights from Macon.    :-)
> 
> 73 Tom