I have done HF pack dragging an 11 ft counterpoise made of light but very flexible stranded and insulated wire, and it works great.
Bill K9YEQ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thom R LaCosta Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: More Pedestrian KX1's Needed On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> But I've been meaning to ask you to clarify how you put the antenna "in >> your pocket." What comes to mind is a whip that easily flops over >> while you're walking. Which pocket? How deep is it? How do you keep it >> secure? > > my importantly, how do walk around dragging a ground radial? > Must be difficult, if not annoying. I would imagine crossing a street might be an adventure....one would have to account for the frequency, street width, and vehicle speed vectors. A real challenge in the age of red-light cameras.....no telling how the court would react to a trailing counterpoise defense. 73,Thom-k3hrn www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web Ring, Drakelist home page, Free Classified Ads for amateur radio, QRP IRC channel Elecraft Owners Database www.tlchost.net/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month _______________________________________________ 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
