[Mobile-Portable] Want to trade:DK-3 for 5BTV

[Max Harelik]

FWIW Dept: Don't eliminate the 6BTV from your search. I really enjoy 30m 
CW, and wouldn't take for that capability. It's only a few feet longer 
than the 5, and no more difficult to erect. Presently, I use a 5' tripod 
with 18" x 18" x 8" concrete footings, and two slightly elevated radials 
for each band. Works well, and the radials can be moved around for a bit 
of directionality. Downside: lots of manmade noise - vertically 
polarized, you know (although not a problem out in the sticks).

I have two of them - sometimes fixed and phased at home QTH (for 40/80 
DX) and sometimes portable. I built a mast section that works with the 
swivel portion of my bike carrier and my Jeep receiver hitch. I use an 
old military tape doublet as counterpoise. The antenna sections are 
color-coded with plastic tape for quick assembly in the field, are 
carried with bungies on the roof rack, and I can stop anywhere and be 
set up and on the air in twelve minutes. (The manual says that it should 
be guyed, but you can get away without it except under high wind 
conditions.)

Good luck with your search.

73,
Max, K5OVW

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>>> I have a new DK-3 screwdriver antenna that I would like to trade 
>>> straight across for a Hustler 5BTV that is in almost new or new 
>>> condition. I just never got around to using the DK-3 as I never 
>>> really got that interested in mobile ops. I bought it from Don 
>>> Johnson a few years back since I live real close to him. It's the 
>>> later version with the Z Match built into the base instead of the 
>>> older UN-UN matching system. If interested let me know and we can 
>>> work something out.
>>> Thanks for reading this.
>>>
>>>     tnx es 73
>>>                   Dave K6WRF
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