[Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

That just ain't right.  You need to watch the spots!


Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ 

Owner - Operator
Big Signal Ranch - K9ZC
Staunton, Illinois

Owner - Operator
Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ
Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I.
Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com

email:  bill at wjschmidt.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wes
(N7WS)
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 11:02 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

I was going to say something similar.

Funny thing is though, although I'm a pretty active DXer, I've only worked
J68HZ 
once.  Three years ago on 20M RTTY.

On 7/21/2015 5:54 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
>
> As they say, your callsign alone is probably worth 20db.
>
> ;)
>
> Dave  AB7E
>
>
> On 7/21/2015 5:24 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II wrote:
>> I use a Superantennas YP3 with my own modeled tunings and some
refinements
>> (new set of coils and full sized elements on 12 meters too). 30-160 I
just
>> use dipoles. rolls of wire pre-cut with dog-leash clips on the end that
snap
>> onto a balun and alligator clips on the balun wire leads for attachment
to
>> the antenna wire.  So far with this set-up I've worked more than 140,000
>> contacts in the Caribbean, 172 countries, close to 8BWAS. and all with a
>> radio (K3) I can tuck into my back-pack, and antennas I can carry in my
>> luggage.  Lots of you have worked me as J68HZ. over 100,000 of you!
>>
>>
>>

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