for what it is worth, one fellow had a big motor which he put the driven
element ONLY from a tribander on the top of and used that in the last
Florida QSO Party...worked good...
so...if you happen to have an unused tribander you mat give that some
thought!
73,
Jim, K4OJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nat Heatwole" <heatwole@clark.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 5:27 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] A Good DXPedition HF Vertical?
> Fellow TT's:
> I will be taking a vacation to ID/MT/WY this summer and would love to take
> the rig along and hand out those rare states to some folks on HF. Most of
> the trip will be in an RV so I have ruled out using any type of beam or
> otherwise directional antenna. And since some operation will be in an RV
> park using an inverted L, longwire, inverted V, or dipole is also out of
the
> question. This leaves only verticals as the antenna of choice. My question
> is what type of vertical would be the best to take along?
>
> I would like to have access to 10/15/20m for sure with solid efficiency
and
> 12/17m and 40m/80m would also be nice. I would prefer that 12/17/40m have
> decent efficiency and as long as it resonates on 80m that will be fine
> (would only be used to work a few West Coast stations there). Access to
30m,
> 160m, or VHF/UHF will not be necessary. I would also have access to a
tuner
> if that widens the possibilities.
>
> The smaller the shipping package the better as it will have to survive two
> airplane trips. I would really prefer not to have to guy it in average
wind
> speeds and the shorter the overall height and the faster the assembly time
> the better. A mobile antenna would be ok, but would prefer something with
> more overall efficiency. As always, the cheaper the better; however, the
> specs are more important then the price. Any and all suggestions are much
> appreciated.
>
> 73, Nat, WZ3AmateurRadio
>
>
>
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