For the past year I have used a Tarheel model 100 screwdriver antenna mounted at ground level with their radial kit and capacitance hat and a little push from an Ameritron AL-811. With the recent addition of the K3 to my shack I have upgraded to a Tarheel model 200 and an AL-811H. I have to set the antenna up in a portable configuration due to where I live. It is not a beam, but it performs better than anything I've used in the past.
Bill-N3KKM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom W8JI" <[email protected]> To: "ussv dharma" <[email protected]> Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 2, 2010 6:46:20 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [Elecraft] Re Vertical for portable use <<<<QUESTION: this is a solo dxpedition, I am 75 years old. the antenna farm will most likely be vertical and located right at the shore line. What suggestions do you have for me to construct for antennas? Susan>>> Susan, Without details like the bands you want to use and which bands are most important, it is difficult to answer. Most answers you will get will probably be based on manufacturing advertisements and feelings rather than how things really work. Manufacturers through their advertisements have largely brainwashed us as a group on antennas. :-) The Butternut HF6V and Hustler 6BTV are about at the top of the all-band gain (80-10 meters) and have nearly identical performance. They both are trap verticals, although one of them pretends it does not have traps. 73 Tom ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
