[Elecraft] [KX3] Urban stealth HF: Inside-the-backpack loop antenna?

[Rich Arland]

Ref: Homless......let's not forget the ever present shopping cart! Get a BIG one. It can be used as a counter poise in place of a set of radials or a drag wire. One could also try loading the shopping cart and using it as an antenna since the wheels are composed of a non-conductive set of wheels so the cart would be above ground.

Just sayin'

Vy 73 es gud DX!

Rich Arland   K7SZ   WPE7BYR
Radio/electronics archaeologist
Author: The ARRL's Low Power Communicatoions
Bent Dipole Ranch, Dacula, GA
http://commobunker.blogspot.com/



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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Michael Blake via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 4:40 PM
To: Mark Goldberg
Cc: Elecraft Reflector; KX3
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Urban stealth HF: Inside-the-backpack loop antenna?

Mark (W7MLG),  It is scary how perfectly sane and normal your suggestions sound to me :)

Very 73 - Mike - K9JRI







> On Jan 22, 2019, at 4:32 PM, Mark Goldberg <marklgoldberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I would expect any high Q antenna like a loop would be detuned by any
> movement or any metal you pass by. One more reason to support automatic
> mobile screwdriver / mag loop antenna tuning on the KX series.
> A flag on a backpack would be more or less ignored. Just put a flag on the
> top of the AX1. Counterpoise is an issue though. Maybe a short one down
> your leg?
>
> Now, if you dressed as a homeless or otherwise distressed person, lots of
> weird things are possible, tinfoil hat with a big flag, dragged wire
> disguised as one of those fake animals on a leash, etc. The weirder, the
> more people will ignore you.
>
> Hopefully taken in the spirit of which it is posted.
>
> 73,
>
> Mark
> W7MLG
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 1:57 PM Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com [KX3] <
> KX3-noreply at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>

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