[Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Igor Sokolov ua9cdc at gmail.com
Mon Apr 3 00:46:16 EDT 2017


As far as fiberglass poles are please check here:

http://www.dx-wire.de/index.php?seo_c=lng%2Fen%2F&seo=fiberglass-poles

73, Igor UA9CDC


03.04.2017 9:03, Matt Zilmer пишет:
> I use an OCF dipole and usually throw the longend intoa tree if there 
> is one nearby.  With no trees about, I'd use a 25 to 41 foot random 
> wire w/ counterpoise on the ground.  Once, I had to ask permission to 
> "cast" the OCF's long end over a gas station sign in Pu'unene, and got 
> a thumbs up [stuck there with "talk story" from XYL's relatives].  
> Sometimes, you have to get creative, and sometimes, beg for a high 
> spot.  In tourist QTHs, sometimes your eccentric request will get a 
> good response - tourists are odd ducks for the locals, anywhere.
>
> Wire antennas work a lot better than verticals, esp. portable. Slopers 
> are fine too.  Anything you can tune with your ATU.
>
> Best HI portable ops I ever experienced were near Ka'anapali, using a 
> random wire dangled from a rock cliff near the Sheraton Black Rock and 
> pulled down to the _veryrocky_ beach nearby.  It took a while to set 
> up, but didn't have to ask for permission either. Beaches in HI are 
> all public access, theoretically. You may be able to use that to your 
> advantage.
>
> 73,
>
> matt W6NIA
>
>
> On 4/2/2017 1:25 PM, Michael Aust wrote:
>> Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna for KX3
>>
>>
>> Going to Hawaii with KX3 from high rise Hotels and some Sandy Beaches
>> that is lightweight, easy to deploy, carry on Airlines or packed into 
>> luggage.
>>
>>
>> Any Portable Poles to recommend for End Fed Antenna's
>>
>>
>> My MFJ-1920 pole is 3.8ft when collapsed and extends to 33 feet
>> but when Island Hopping, 3.8ft does not qualify as a Carry On due to 
>> it's length
>> So hit with extra baggage fee's
>>
>>
>> Maybe a Fishing pole that is on sections that not as long, when 
>> collapsed
>> would be the Answer, some 14ft to 17 feet Crappie Fishing poles only
>> breakdown to 46inches to 48inches, about the collapsed length of my
>> MFJ-1910 fiberglass telescopic mast
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> WB6DJI
>>
>>
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