Along those same lines - back about 10 years ago while trying to participate in field day with a group of local hams at a cabin in the U.P. of Michigan, I ended up stringing an 80m dipole up about 6-10 feet off the ground, and made dozens of contacts within 500 miles (MI, WI, MN, IA, IL, IN). I don't think I was QRP (I believe it was a TenTec Scout at 50W), but it worked well, and I had alot of fun.
Daniel AA0NI Oklahoma City --- Robert Tellefsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dick > Don't let just a single tree in a campsite hold you back. > Use it and have fun. Drooping dipoles work just fine. > > When the xyl and I were camping in Oregon, there were only some > rose bushes by our campsite and no trees. So I laid out my > 40m dipole over the bushes, about 4 ft above ground, fired > up my old HW-8 and had a number of nice QSOs. Great time, > sitting at the picnic table with my lantern and a 12v lantern > battery for the HW-8. > > Good luck and 73 > Bob N6WG > The Little Station with Attitude > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Richard Powers > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:09 AM > To: Elecraft > Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas > > > Wow, What a support Group !!!! Thanks to all the oldsters out there who > responded to my cataract problem (surgery went well yesterday by the way). > > Now my next question is what kind of antennas to use (mostly for 20 > meters) when out camping. Here in Northeastern Illinois, most campsites have > only one tree to hang a dipole on which would leave the ends to droop to the > ground etc. > What do most of you guys use when camping? > > Next question in line will be Power Supplies for the K1. > > Dick Powers WB9PWQ / AFA3DP > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > 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 > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
