[Elecraft] Portable antennas for use in UK

[Igor Sokolov]

David,
I use both 12m and 18m Spider poles. 12m one is pretty easy and could be 
pushed up vertically.
18m pole requires different technique, well described by the series of 
pictures here 
http://www.spiderbeam.com/product_info.php?info=p71_Spiderbeam%2018m%20fiberglass%20pole.html

73, Igor UA9CDC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Cutter" <d.cutter at ntlworld.com>
To: "Jon Kåre Hellan" <hellan at acm.org>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Portable antennas for use in UK


Hi Jon

I tried a Hams4Hams 18m pole and I am not strong enough to push it up
vertically.  The Spider pole is even heavier, how do you extend the Spider
pole?

73

David
G3UNA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Kåre Hellan" <hellan at acm.org>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Portable antennas for use in UK
>
> You could get a 12m telescopic fiberglass pole from Spiderbeam and use
> whatever wire antenna you want with it. Use it as a center support for
> an inv vee or for a wire vertical. My own crazy balcony antenna is a
> full size vertical for 40m with two radials, can be erected or taken
> down in less than a minute. http://www.ha19.no/la4rt/balcony.jpg. The K3
> tuner is able to tune it on all bands from 80m to 6m, that's when I'm
> lazy. It's also easy to take it down and put up an antenna cut for a
> different band, if you worry about loss or want to use an amp. I
> understand that the tuner in the KX3 is just as versatile as the one in
> the K3.
>
> Used as a support for an inv vee, don't use the top two or three
> sections. They're too flimsy.
>
> 73
> Jon LA4RT
>
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