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Subject: [TowerTalk] Portable tribander design help?
From: wa6ibu@earthlink.net (Paul Booth)
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 09:19:03 -0800
Here is a website for a portable Yagi built from Hamsticks.  I cannot attest as 
to how well it works but it looks cute, from VE6VK.  I have built and used it 
while camping with a 706 but have not done extensive tests.  I store it in a 
fishing rod holder.

73s, Paul, WA6IBU

Jim Idelson wrote:

> Hi all. Looks like I'll be in Europe during the ARRL CW DX contest. I'll be 
> bringing along my IC706 and doing a 100 watt effort for the contest. It will 
> be an all-band effort with heavy emphasis on running on the high bands. I'd 
> like to put up a briefcase-portable antenna with gain fixed on the US for 
> 20-10. Can anybody help out with a tribander design that uses thin wire 
> elements and a minimum number of traps? Something equivalent to an A3 or 
> other small tribander would be great! I have EZNEC . . . if you have a simple 
> tribander model, I'd be happy to start there.
>
> Jim K1IR
>
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