G'day, How about carbon fibre fishing rod blanks. Ordinary glass fibre would work with a flex weave conductor threaded up it with about 10-15cm sticking out of the top so that the sections can be parted and folded into a bundle.
Could even be used as a fishing pole. Someone else will have come up with the stake Regards, Mike VP8NO > like a multi-section or telescoping vertical that's 8 to 10' long, 0.5" > or smaller in diameter, and most important, weighs just a few ounces. > In a perfect world it would also come with a stake to plant in the > sand. It doesn't even have to be resonant, since I can use the KX1's > internal tuner, supplemented if necessary by a small coil interposed > between the rig and the antenna, to tune the antenna on all three > bands. This would make for instant band change without fussing with a > tap or swapping loading coils. A nonresonant whip would also probably > be a lot lighter and less expensive than backpacking-style antennas > that are packaged with per-band coils, etc. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
