portable HF antenna for the FT-817
 

Hello,

Search for a good working portable HF antenna 40-10m
for field work with the FT-817.
(plus 80m + 6m +VHF and UHF????)

Witch models give good results?
TNX,
Ds

I have been using the MP-1 with pretty good results. Even using the 2.5
watt setting I have had many contacts with my FT-817. HAVE FUN!

73,
WB7FFI

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:33:47 GMT, "Manitou" wrote:

Hello,

Search for a good working portable HF antenna 40-10m
for field work with the FT-817.
(plus 80m + 6m +VHF and UHF????)

Witch models give good results?
TNX,
Ds



http://www.buddipole.com/
http://www.tomochka.com/ks7j/buddipole/
http://www.qsl.net/w3ff/
http://www.qsl.net/w3ff/antenna_design.htm

One of the favorite portable antennas of the HFPack group
(http://www.qsl.net/hfpack/freq.html#REGIONAL) is the BuddiPole
antenna. There are commercial and home-brew versions (see above
links). I built one. The homebrew is pretty flimsy, but fun to build
and play with.

Good luck and have fun. Hope to see you on the HFPack frequencies.

Buck
N4PGW

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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

Good luck and have fun. Hope to see you on the HFPack frequencies.

Buck
N4PGW

What are those freqs?


John

You are not going to work all bands portable very well,
unless you are not so portable...IE: the best overall
single antenna for 40-10 would be a 40 meter dipole fed
with ladder line to a tuner.
But you have to drag a tuner around...
Add 80m? Make that a 80m dipole...VHF/UHF? Add a dual
band antenna for those....Again, less portable...
I guess it depends how portable you really wanna be...
I assume that is sort of a backpack rig...
If I were toting a backpack rig, I decide on what bands
I wanted, "within reason", and concentrate on those...
Probably the lightest dipole to cover all bands would
be a 80 dipole, that has insulators to break up the
antenna for all the higher bands..You would have to
manually change jumpers to switch bands, but the antenna
would be very efficient on each band. You could feed it
with rg-58 to save weight. That can be rolled up and
thrown into a pack no problem.
Of course, you would need some trees to throw
it over, or string it between...Myself, I'd be avoiding
verticals running portable QRP...You don't have time to
lay out radials, etc, to avoid ground losses...
For VHF/UHF, hummm, maybe some kind of roll up dual
band J pole or something...??? It's hard to say,
without knowing what level of "portable" you will be...
IE: my level of portable is sitting in/beside a truck,
with the various available facilities I have with it...
IE: I have drive on mast ramps,masts, etc, etc...
I can put up a VHF GP at 20 ft, piece of cake...
If you are packing it, you won't have all that...
I'd keep it simple and low loss being you are QRP...
MK

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 04:22:08 GMT, "John Franklin"
wrote:

Good luck and have fun. Hope to see you on the HFPack frequencies.

Buck
N4PGW

What are those freqs?


John


OOPS, I apologize. I must have been in a hurry.

http://www.qsl.net/hfpack/freq.html

73

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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

Cool!! I will try to make some contacts on these freqs. Where abouts in 4
land are you located? I am in middle Tenn.

73,
WB7FFI

http://www.qsl.net/hfpack/freq.html

wrote in message
oups.com...
I guess it depends how portable you really wanna be...
I assume that is sort of a backpack rig...
If I were toting a backpack rig, I decide on what bands
I wanted, "within reason", and concentrate on those...

You aren't familiar with the FT-817? Only the neatest little 5
watt rig to ever come out. That is MY opinion of course. All mode 160 thru
70 CM, I have had more fun with this rig than any others I have ever owned.


73,
WB7FFI

Thanks for the Reply's.

What about the ATAS 25 ?

I don't think you can beat the Buddipole with the 817. I have been using one
in various configurations for a couple of years now and have had more fun
with it than any other antenna. I often use a random length wire with the
ZM-2 mini ATU as well, which is great if you need a light weight set up.

I often use half the buddipole mounted on the car as a vertical with my
Yaesu FT-857 and 100W. It is far more efficient than a short mobile whip but
obviously it can't be used when mobile. The Buddipole can be used on 80m if
both coils are used with both arms as a vertical whip with an earth or
radials.

Jon G2FHF

"Manitou" wrote in message
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Hello,

Search for a good working portable HF antenna 40-10m
for field work with the FT-817.
(plus 80m + 6m +VHF and UHF????)

Witch models give good results?
TNX,
Ds