Peter Wollan wrote: > 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?
Yes. This is SOP for HFpack. RG174 makes a good counterpoise, although I've had good luck with that same #26 wire, too. I've had no trouble making 2000-mile-plus CW contacts on 20 m running 2 W into a 4' Mizuho loaded whip, dragging a 13' counterpoise. Wayne N6KR ______________________________________________________________ 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
