tri-band HF beam for portable ops ?
 

Hi,

I am interested in buying a triband yagi (20-15-10) for portable operations
But I suspect such antennas, most being made of aluminium, to be heay (over
10 kg) and maybe not easy to dismantle regularly
I review on my webiste various portable configurations, so I know quite well
the problem.

I would like to know if some of you have testes successfully such
installations using the minimum of hardware (transportation using an
ordinary car, not a break, not a pickup and not a 4x4, installation by only
one person, small beam placed on a single pod 8-10m high, one guy-wire, no
rotator) for a on-day activity, the Tx working on battery.

If you work in the field with a small beam, what difficilty do you
experimented (weght, wingspan, other)?

Thanks

Thierry
ON4SKY, LX4SKY
http://www.astrosurf.org/lombry/menu-qsl.htm

tri-band HF beam for portable ops ?
 

Most of our Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society guys, who regularly set up
portable at remote lighthouses, etc, favor the Buddipole -- see ads in QST
http://arlhs.com
Jim
K2JXW
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Thierry wrote in message ...
Hi,

I am interested in buying a triband yagi (20-15-10) for portable
operations
But I suspect such antennas, most being made of aluminium, to be heay
(over 10 kg) and maybe not easy to dismantle regularly
I review on my webiste various portable configurations, so I know quite
well the problem.

I would like to know if some of you have testes successfully such
installations using the minimum of hardware (transportation using an
ordinary car, not a break, not a pickup and not a 4x4, installation by
only one person, small beam placed on a single pod 8-10m high, one
guy-wire, no rotator) for a on-day activity, the Tx working on battery.

If you work in the field with a small beam, what difficilty do you
experimented (weght, wingspan, other)?

Thanks

Thierry
ON4SKY, LX4SKY
http://www.astrosurf.org/lombry/menu-qsl.htm