Chas, I consider the most versatile to be a non-metallic telescoping pole to use as a support. it can hold your wire vertically if you want, or since I prefer balanced antennas, it can support the center of a dipole fed with coax, or my real preference for portable work, a 44 foot wire center fed with a parallel transmission line (of course a tuner/balun is needed at the rig end with this combination) - works well 40 thru 10 meters, and maybe even on 80 in a pinch.
For those curious about my preference for horizontally oriented antennas over verticals, the horizontal antenna is not affected by ground losses as verticals, and therefore give more consistent performance when moved from place to place. OTOH, if the location is on a salt water beach, a vertical, even with a single radial is the only way to go - here I would use the 44 foot dipole with one 22 ft end vertically on the pole and the other end stretched out on the sand. Yes, MY pole needs to be 22 to 23 feet long. So with a 23 foot telescoping pole and a suitable support mechanism (or guys), I could erect either a wire vertical or an inverted vee with the center at 23 ft. quickly. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > What's a good antenna for portable ops on 20 or 40 meters? I have a wire > for use with the KX1, but it requires a tree, and you don't find trees > everywhere. I was thinking about one with a base, or one that > could be use > with a base. There's a lot of them out there, but I'm looking for a > recommendation. > > 73, Chas, W1CG > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
