Some interesting ideas, Stuart. I may have to try them. My two biggest problems, now, are getting the RF out of the shack and feeding antenna anywhere other than at the end. I am seriously thinking of getting a trapped vertical which would solve both problems. I was trying to do this on the cheap, and guess that isn't a good idea.
Anyone have any experience with the Hustler 6 band vertical? 73, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Rohre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:54 PM To: tom.w3qs Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The K2 and Random Antennas Tom, You can always find a way to run balanced line to a good center fed doublet, (dipole). You can put it on electric fence 5 inch plastic standoffs across a wall or ceiling, then inside pvc conduit as you pass thru a wall. Use Wireman's 300 ohm ladder line, which is narrow. An alternate way thru a wall is to mount two "all threads" rods in shrink tubing on each; in a pair of drilled holes spaced about the spacing of your feeder. Use PVC conduit larger than the ladder line by a factor of 2X and space the ladder line by cutting some foam spaces to slip over the line. Make these circular and spaced every 18 inches. Twisting a ladder line also helps keep it equally spaced from unbalancing conductors, in that any coupling will be equally received by the parallel wires as they change direction in the twist. The twist is every 18 inches or more at HF. 73, Stuart K5KVH _______________________________________________ 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
