[Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

[David Anderson]

> On 19 Jul 2015, at 17:45, Wayne Burdick  asked
> 
> Is the best antenna for backpacking a very small magnetic loop? A cleverly designed, center-loaded telescoping whip? A length of #30 wire lofted by a small helium balloon? (Or, more intriguingly, some combination of these?)

How about a higher tech solution than a balloon or kite? 

With the rise of the ubiquitous miniature drone you could take aloft a wire, or even with a pair of them suspend a horizontal dipole. Then there is the possibility of having synchronised pairs of drones suspending a multi element Yagi, which can be rotated, height varied to suit desired desired take off angle, element lengths reeled in and out to change bands. <patent pending>

73

David Anderson GM4JJJ