[Elecraft] Portable equipment...

[Bill Frantz]

I have had good luck with Wireman 534 26 AWG, 19 strand 40% 
copper-clad steel (OD 0.020"). I have used it for a 2 element 
20M wire beam and had it survive wind and snow storms. It is my 
goto antenna wire for portable operations.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 10/5/15 at 1:52 PM, jim at audiosystemsgroup.com (Jim Brown) wrote:

>I like one of several telescoping fiberglass poles to which 
>it's easy to tape a wire. Buy or improvise one or more fixtures 
>to mount it vertically, buy more wire to use as radials or a 
>counterpoise, and you've got a far more effective antenna for 
>less money. #18 (or even #22) works fine for backpacking.

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