If you're taking a hiking stick you might be able to install a threaded insert (3/8" X 24?) into the top of it to accept a HamStick type of whip. I've done this in Oklahoma and the Texas coast with very good results on 20m with my KX1 - 2 or 3 radials complete the antenna. You can more easily use a camera tripod for the same purpose if you'll be carrying one.
This can be used for bands other than 20m of course but with correspondingly lower efficiency that a 6-foot whip would provide and with less likelihood of decent openings on bands higher than 17/20m. On 40m, good NVIS results from just laying a dipole on brush/bushes 5 or 6 feet high. By good results I mean loud, solid consistent communication out to 250 miles or so. John AE5X Radio: http://www.ae5x.com/blog Photography: http://www.timelesspixel.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
