On 10/13/14, 12:02 PM, Jim Hargrave wrote:
Although perhaps not as efficient as the SteppIR, consider a mobile
Screwdriver antenna. It should work fine mounted on the balcony railing.
Then you can use it on your truck also.
Or a untuned dipole just above the roofline, or a vertical, and an
autotuner at the feedpoint.
Screwdrivers are about 6dB down (minimum) from any "real" antenna (by
which I mean a random length >25 feet of wire thrown into the trees or
similar). They're also very, very narrow band on the low bands, so
you'll find yourself returning a lot.
I tried a screwdriver on a big tripod made of collapsible painters
poles, and it "worked" but realistically, for the same dollars, an
autotuner and a wire vertical on the same tripod worked about the same
on 40 through 10. Didn't try it on 75.
The autotuner was a LOT easier to operate (no running the antenna up and
down trying to find the match)
SGC-239 from HRO is $190
diamond sd330 is $390
tarheel is $400
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