use whatever you can to hold it up. throw a rope over a tree branch, run it
to the peak of your house, whatever you have tall enough... don't have
anything tall enough? stand up as much pvc as you can keep upright (25'
probably won't stand up, but 10-12' might) and spiral the wire up the pipe.

trim the vertical wire for swr... though trimming the horizontal ones to the
same length may also help, especially if they are elevated above ground. if
they are sitting on the ground then trimming them will probably only have a
small effect.

"G. Doughty" wrote in message
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Dave,
Thanks so much. One question, do I use a 25' section of pvc to keep it
upright? Also, should I trim the vertical or the horizontals for swr?

Thanks
Greg


"Dave" wrote in message
...
go to rat shack and buy a couple 25' rolls of hookup wire, put one
vertical
and the others horizontal. hook the vertical one to the center of the
coax
and the horizontal ones to the shield.... voila, instant vertical...
trim
to
make rig happier as needed.

"G. Doughty" wrote in message
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Is there such an animal? I am going to use this rig totally portable
(beach, backyard, woods, open field) and would like to make or
purchase
a
tuned vertical for thirty. I will be using it with an oak hills
portable
cw rig. What do you think?