[Elecraft] SOTA Acceptance

[rich hurd WC3T]

I don't do SOTA but I do attract attention (in a good way) in parks and
suchlike with my 20' Shakespeare Wonder Pole.  I've also done an end fed
and a vertical. I want to configure as an inverted V next time I'm
a-wandering.


On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 15:20 Mel Farrer via Elecraft <
elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Check  out B&M crappie poles also. They have a great 20' Black Widow that
> I have and it works fine as either a vertical or support for a end fed.
> Mel, K6KBE
>
>       From: Gary Hawkins <gary at hawkins-zhu.com>
>  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>  Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 12:12 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SOTA Acceptance
>
> For those that asked, my SOTA pole is a KWIK STIX Bream Pole by South
> Bend Sporting Model KS-2-20 6 section, reduced in length from 20'6" to
> 18'3".  I'm not sure this is made any more, but they do still offer a 5
> section 17ft variant.
>
> I use it to support a LNR EFT-10/20/40 EndFedz Antenna Trail-Friendly,
> or very occasionally a 40/20/15/10m homemade linked dipole.
>
> 73's Gary K6YOA
>
>
> On 10/16/2017 5:57 PM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> > Message: 21
> > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:28:29 -0700
> > From: Gary Hawkins<gary at hawkins-zhu.com>
> > To:"elecraft at mailman.qth.net"  <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [Elecraft] SOTA Acceptance
> > Message-ID:<3220c6b5-b878-bfc8-b2de-6024be76d3bd at hawkins-zhu.com>
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> >
> > Hi Knut,
> >
> > On the contrary, I find most people are actually pretty interested in
> what you're doing, and even in this age of global reach via phone/internet
> often quite impressed by what communications can be achieved with a little
> radio (in my case a KX3) and a wire antenna.  In fact, I've gone so far as
> flying a SOTA flag off my crappie pole when I'm operating encouraging folks
> to come over a ask what I'm doing.
> >
> > 73's Gary K6YOA
>
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