Vacation HF antenna.
 

Gery Duyck wrote:

Hi,

Which antenna sould I use to work with my yaesu FT-100D, on vacation in the
mountains. longwire + tuner, or vertical + tuner or even other solutions.

I think a long wire should be the best, but what should be it's best length?

Any other tips and info is welcome.

If you have supports, I would use a dipole cut to the lowest frequency
of interest, fed with ladder-line + tuner. If you don't have supports,
I would use a center-loaded vertical with radials (like the improved St.
Louis Vertical). The collapsible SD-20 fishing pole makes a vertical.
Two of them plus a support make a rotatable dipole. Try

http://www.wr6wr.com/ click on products, then SD-20.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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Gery Duyck wrote:

Hi,

Which antenna sould I use to work with my yaesu FT-100D, on vacation in the
mountains.
longwire + tuner, or vertical + tuner or even other solutions.

I think a long wire should be the best, but what should be it's best length?

Any other tips and info is welcome.

Not a dipole? That seems a lot simpler overall.

- Mike KB3EIA -

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Which antenna sould I use to work with my yaesu FT-100D, on vacation in the
mountains. longwire + tuner, or vertical + tuner or even other solutions.

I think a long wire should be the best, but what should be it's best length?

Any other tips and info is welcome.

If you have supports, I would use a dipole cut to the lowest frequency
of interest, fed with ladder-line + tuner. If you don't have supports,
I would use a center-loaded vertical with radials (like the improved St.
Louis Vertical). The collapsible SD-20 fishing pole makes a vertical.
Two of them plus a support make a rotatable dipole. Try

http://www.wr6wr.com/ click on products, then SD-20.

I'll second that. I bought one of these last year at the ARRL Southwest
Division convention in Long Beach. It's great! I've strapped it to the
bumper of my car and put a little VHF antenna atop the thing, works fine
for when I'm doing communications support for special events from a
fixed location like parades or 5K/10K runs, also for when we take the
tent trailer out on a campout. Gets the antennas up pretty high and out
of the way.

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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