[PVRCNC] 80M NCQP

[Amateur Radio Station W4MPS]

Gentlemen

Can I pick your collective brains please?

Every year for NCQP I go out on a mini-expedition, usually to a bonus 
county. Often, we'll stay at a B&B. For those operations I've tried many 
different portable (temporary) antennas.
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Segmented dipole_ for 40 & 20 using a 22 Ft extendable fiberglass mast. 
It's made with RG174 and #26 polystealth. Weighs nothing= Good results

Ground mounted or tripod mounted _short vertical_ for 40 & 20, Buddipole 
or PAC-12 type= Poor results
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Ham sticks_ mounted on the mobile for 40 & 20= Fair to good results (won 
the Lone Ranger category with that last year).

We're planning on going to Anson County (bonus) this year. I'll likely 
use my segmented dipole for 40 and 20, as it works fairly well and is 
easy to set up and take down.

But I'd also like to get on 80 for the end of the contest to hand out as 
many bonus points as possible. But I'm conflicted on what's the best 
portable/compromise antenna to use. An 80 M dipole, even mounted low, 
would probably be a bit long for a B&B setup. I made an end fed last 
year with a homebrew 9:1 balun, using 50 +/- feet and a counterpoise. 
That seemed to work OK on 40 and above. I haven't tried it on 80M but 
will in the next week or so.

Do you have any thoughts for my situation?
Any suggestions appreciated.

I'll likely be using my FTdx1200 running barefoot. The on board tuner is 
reasonably good.

Many thanks
73
Marc, W4MPS