[K3PZN-List] Public Operation

[Andrew Leeds]

I'll second the recycle the dead battery.

The dipole length you calculated is correct, but the harder problem is 
getting it up in the air. John K3KWO gave a talk on portable ops a few 
years ago and was using a vertical whip and counterpoise wire.

Andy
On 6/13/2017 9:21 PM, Scott, KB3JQQ via K3PZN-List wrote:
> Recycle the dead battery. It is just going to get gassier and gassier spewing explosive hydrogen gas and smelling like sulfur. That's why they make SLA batteries.
>
> - Sent from my portable device -
>
>> On Jun 13, 2017, at 20:53, Kyle Thornton <kyle.3599 at outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I was curious, I'm getting an Icom 706 MKIIG (thanks Steve and Andy for verifying that I am a real ham) I wanted to try something different and make a di pole for say 40m and go places to operate. I think that would be super cool. I don't have a generator nor can I afford one. What are my other options? I have a dead car battery that I use as emergency back up for my 2 meter only rig but would that be enough for an HF rig? 468/7.225 means the di pole would need to be around 64' long and 32' on each leg? What do you guys think?
>> Kyle
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