I use "Silky" wire from the Wireman. Here's the description:
'Invisible' Toughcoat 'Silky' 26 AWG, 19 strand 40% copper-clad steel (OD 0.020") with the same jacket as 531 (Nominal OD, 0.050" including 0.015" jacket, but super small for that 'low profile' antenna or pocket 'weekender' long wire. Weighs less than one pound per 1000 feet! Not recommended for 160 meters. Here's the url: http://thewireman.com/antennap.html and it's number 534. It's great because it doesn't tangle and kink, hence the 'silky' appellation. I use a 24' hunk for my KX1 antenna, and I tinned one end, and tinned a small loop in the other end. I use a 33' piece of hookup wire for a counterpoise/RF ground. I use an old razor handle for a weight, and attach it to the loop end with a twist-tie. The near ends of the ground and ant go into a BNC/binding post adapter. When done, I hold one end of the ant wire in my hand, and wind it quickly and easily around my arm, hand to elbow. Then I make a figure 8 with that big loop, then fold it into a circle half the size of the original loop. I secure that with the twist-tie, leaving the ends of the tie sticking out. Then I wind the ground wire the same way, place it against the ant coil, and use the ends of the ground wire to secure them together on one side, and the same twist tie to secure them together on the other side. I then have a neat, secure coil about 5" in diameter, which is very easy to stow and deploy. This loads well on all three KX1 bands, and I can set it up, have a QSO, and stow it away in just a few minutes, whenever I need a fix. I've worked Europe with this, with the antler hanging out of second-floor windows, or tossed up in a tree. LL/K3ESE ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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