Hello all! Well I wound the 30m loading coil today and the antenna works great on 30m. SWRs are around 1.2:1 across the band. I now have a 7oz. vertical that works on 20m,30m and 40m! The antenna is designed to hang from a tree etc. The vertical radiator is around 16 feet and has a male BNC connector on the bottom end. This plugs into a bnc barrel on 20m and small lightweight loading coils on 30m and 40m. The heaviest loading coil is 40m and it only weighs-in at 1oz! The entire antenna less 25' of coax weighs-in at 7oz or so. I'm now working on a small tune unit for 15m etc. This will also be installed in a film canister. I plan to use this small light weight vertical on the trail!
Oh yes, I worked W8VFR from TN from my back yard here in PA using a K1 - no problem! Now on to designing a tune unit for the higher bands. When I finished with this antenna, I'll post an email with all the details etc. 72, Ed, WA3WSJ _______________________________________________ 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
