An interesting portable whip for the AOR 7030, Icom R75 and Drake SW8 is
http://www.miracleantenna.com/MiracleWhip.html
It's also sold by Universal
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John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message
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wrote:

Just curious: Where'd you get the whip? Is it military surplus?

Steve


Yes, I got it from

http://www.american-milspec.com

They don't seem to have the same model now. It's a "folding" antenna with
shock cord holding the elements together for travel- kind of like the
poles for "dome tents". It was made for the PRC-25 and PRC-77.

I made a base out of some PVC plumbing parts, and put an impedance
matching transformer in it, and a BNC connector sticks out the side. The
bottom of the base is threaded with a 1/4-20 thread so I can put it on one
of my tripods.

I have a 30 foot run of RG-316e to connect the radio and antenna.

It takes about 2 minutes to set up or take down.