Hi All,
Thanks for all the helpful, and thoughtful, responses. I've gone ahead and
deployed the EFHW more or less as described, and did make a few contacts
last night just running 10 watts with the KX3. I even made a couple of SSB
contacts, which I don't often try and do when running QRP. I did make it to
the east coast (from here on the Oregon coast), so that was encouraging.
Hi.
Some asked (suggested) I just use a standard dipole or inverted vee, which I
often do. It's just that I happen to have a PAR end fed with me, and wanted
to give it a try. This one is the higher power version, so later I may hook
up the KXPA100 and see how it goes. An inverted vee might have been a
better choice, except I don't really have all that much space. I did hear
several European stations on 40 last night, but I wasn't expecting to catch
any of them, and didn't!!! Hi.
The best part of all of this tinkering is that it confirms how useful my 40
ft. Wonderpole can be. It certainly gives me a lot of viable options for
getting on the air in tight places. Of all the collapsible poles that I
have, and I do have a bunch of them, the Wonderpole is the most versatile.
I actually have two of them, but one is here with me in the motorhome, and
the other is at home. Anyway, it is the easiest, and most effective, pole
for RVing and portable operating. It collapses to 8 ft., so it is easy to
transport--not a backpacking pole, but otherwise very manageable. I've even
used one of W6MMA's YP-3 portable beams with this pole at about 30 ft., or a
bit less. The top section is still 3/4 inch diameter, so I just use one of
the lower sections with an even larger diameter, then "Armstrong it" for
rotation. It's a sturdy rascal! That doesn't get me a particularly great
take-off angle, but it works!
Dave W7AQK
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