The penultimate whip:  the two or three thinnest sections of a 16'
crappie pole ($10 from Cabella's).  It fails the invisibility
criterion, but otherwise seems to fit.

What do you do with it then?  drag a wire behind as a counterpoise?

    Peter W0LLN

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote:
>  I'm searching for the ultimate lightweight whip material. I'd like
> a 7' untuned whip that is self-supporting and straight in normal use,
> bends without being damaged if it hits a tree branch, weighs only a
> few ounces, and is nearly invisible.
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