For the last year and a half, my local club (spearheaded by our incoming President N3ZK... go to www.n3sh.org for details) has been raising funds to purchase a mobile tower/trailer. We arbitrarily divided the project into three phases -- Phase 1 was for the tower itself (we got a really good price on a 30' crankup from Tashjian Towers -- formerly known as TriEx), Phase 2 for the trailer, and Phase 3 for the antennas and related stuff (coax, rotors, etc.)
We completed the fund raising for Phase 1 over a month ago, and the tower is now enroute. This weekend saw us meet the Phase 2 goal, and the trailer itself will be delivered in about 2 weeks. So, now we're on the Phase 3: The antennas etc. Anyone have any good suggestions for HF & VHF antennas that are both: (a) lightweight and (b) easy to assemble/dis-assemble for quick transportation? We had originally hoped to work something out with "Lightning Bolt Bob," but Lightning Bolt Antennas went out of buisness last year. And we have a Hex Beam, but that's not neccesarily what we want to keep permanently with the tower. Anyone have any other suggestions? Oh -- I should mention that there will be wire antennas (some dipoles, some long wires, etc.) stored with the trailer. What we're looking for is something a little more directional. (Sadly, my old Butternut HF4B, given to the club a few years ago, got nailed by a tree branch courtesy of Mother Nature and was not salvageable... or so I'm told, anyway). And coax itself shouldn't be a problem as we have a large stock of that in the Field Day hoard. 73, ron w3wn Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
