D. Peter Maus wrote:
On 5/13/10 13:39 , Mark S. Holden wrote:


And to include some closer to on topic content - has anyone here
experimented with using a slinky as a loading coil for a "portable"
vertical antenna? If so, any thoughts on if it's worthwhile?


That was discussed pretty much to death about a decade ago. And a
dozen or so members tried it. With, as you'd expect, mixed results.

As a quick-deploy horizontal, a slinky does pretty well in the field.
As a loading coil for a vertical, not so much. Largely because it needs
a form to keep the coil stable.



I was thinking I could put it over a section of pvc pipe.

Or I may just buy a screwdriver antenna. Can't count on having trees to
hang an antenna at a star party.

My AT-271 worked fine for RX, but now I'm doing the tx thing too.