On 09/10/2012 04:17 PM, David Cutter wrote: > Hi Jon > > I tried a Hams4Hams 18m pole and I am not strong enough to push it up > vertically. The Spider pole is even heavier, how do you extend the > Spider pole? > I find it manageble if I stand on a chair. The sections of the 18m pole are 1.5 m long (5 ft). So without the chair, the section being lifted is uncomfortably high up. But the 12m pole is a lot easier to handle.
Jon > 73 > > David > G3UNA > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Kåre Hellan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 10:27 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Portable antennas for use in UK >> >> You could get a 12m telescopic fiberglass pole from Spiderbeam and use >> whatever wire antenna you want with it. Use it as a center support for >> an inv vee or for a wire vertical. My own crazy balcony antenna is a >> full size vertical for 40m with two radials, can be erected or taken >> down in less than a minute. http://www.ha19.no/la4rt/balcony.jpg. The K3 >> tuner is able to tune it on all bands from 80m to 6m, that's when I'm >> lazy. It's also easy to take it down and put up an antenna cut for a >> different band, if you worry about loss or want to use an amp. I >> understand that the tuner in the KX3 is just as versatile as the one in >> the K3. >> >> Used as a support for an inv vee, don't use the top two or three >> sections. They're too flimsy. >> >> 73 >> Jon LA4RT >> ______________________________________________________________ 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
