Hello all! To all who asked about my Red Hot Vertical - here's where I'm at. I'm still in the design stage, but I'm VERY excited at the results so far. I just came in from testing the proto type and it looks great! The antenna is a miniature VBWFPA No Pole, but with plug-in loading coils. The antenna uses 24 gauge red teflon-coated stranded wire. On 20m there's no coil just a radiator wire, four ground radials and 25' of RG8X coax. On 40m and 30m you just unplug the coax and plug in a loading coil for either 40m or 30m. I wound the coils on film canisters and put a female bnc on each end. The entire antenna except the coax will fit in a small plastic baggie!
The SWRs look great: 1.1:1 @ 14.060mhz and 1.2:1 @ 7.040mhz I have to make a 30m coil and check that band , but it should work great! This antenna is a backpacker's dream! More to come later. 72, Ed, WA3WSJ _______________________________________________ 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
