[SMCARA] Any buddipole users?

[Carlos]

Thanks for the explanation on the Alexloop. The variable length dipole sounds interesting. I was looking at the antenna tuner you mentioned and I am puzzled by the lack of indicators (first rule of hardware development I was taught: always LEDs :-).

Carlos

On Nov 9, 2013, at 12:00 PM, smcara-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 14:40:33 +0000
> From: john caplins <jcaplins at hotmail.com>
> To: Grant Farrand <gmfarrand at yahoo.com>, "smcara at mailman.qth.net"
> 	<smcara at mailman.qth.net>, Carlos <cvela90 at hotmail.com>
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> Carlos, 
> The Alexloop works but is a compromise antenna in that it is limited in power to 10 watts CW or 20 watts SSB.Due to its size it will almost always be at least an S unit down from an ordinary dipole.  It is also rather expensive and doesn't work on either 80 or 6 meters.  On the plus side it is small, easily set up, provides some directivity and is tunable so you don't need an antenna tuner to go with it.  Would be good for backpacking with a QRP rig.
> I recently acquired an RT100 antenna tuner and have decided that it and a tape dipole are going to be my "Go Kit" antenna system.  Grant has a good design for a variable length dipole using two chalk line boxes and bronze fishing line that can be thrown up in a few minutes and I figure that this, along with the RT 100 will tune just about anything.
> The Buddiepole and Super Antenna are both good systems as well and I personally would chose either of them over the Alexloop.
> John  KC3LX