[Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

[David Gilbert]

I suggested this about two years ago as a DXpedition antenna for 160m.  
With the right drone, it could hold up enough wire to continuously power 
it, and with GPS it would automatically adjust for varying wind.  It's 
not a backpacking antenna, though ... far too much weight.

Dave   AB7E



On 7/20/2015 12:39 AM, David Anderson wrote:
>> 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
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