[Elecraft] Best Portable Antenna

[stan levandowski]

I have one more 'fallback' system that might be worth mentioning here. 
For those situations where I cannot be nearer to my antenna and must 
deal with a longer transmission line, I use my SGC-211 remote 
autocoupler.  It runs for 5 years on a handful of "AA" batteries.  It 
will tune just about anything, just like the KX3.  The advantage is a 
long and "clean" coax run to the radio, whereever that might happen to 
be located.  Here's a practical example:  Maybe I want to put up a 
stealth loop or  random wire, or even a Delta loop or a doublet.  The 
only place to do so might be at some distance from the transmitter, for 
example, trees way out back of a townhouse or condo.  I can put the 
SG-211 out there at the feedpoint, bury my coax cable in a shallow slit 
trench, and no one is the wiser.  Disadvantages:  Limited to 60 watts, 
not naturally weatherproof.  Advantages: battery operated, a shot of RF 
tunes it, and the RF is kept out of the shack.  Availability:  it's a 
seasonal product and I've never seen one listed anywhere 'used'. eHAM 
ratings are not that great because there used to be a problem with it 
randomly re-tuning and the pre-2007 comments about this drag down the 
overall rating.  There is now a tune-lock switch and I have not had any 
problems myself.   It's not a perfect solution but one worth at least 
knowing exists.  73, Stan WB2LQF


> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Fred Smith <mfsj at mo-net.com> wrote:

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