Hello all! I'm very excited about this vertical as hiking season is here. I'm still in the prove-in stage, but it looks very promising. I have a vertical antenna system that should weigh-in around 7oz excluding the coax on 40m, 30m and 20m with SWRs around 1.5 or so. Today I just added some 15m components and it looks good on 15m too. It looks like I'll use a separate radiator for 15m and 10m. So I now have a small lightweight vertical for the trail that plays on 40m,30m,20m,15m and 10m. All the pieces fit in a small baggie and weigh-in around 9oz for 5-band operation! This vertical is designed to hang from a tree etc. More to come soon as I now look to further refine the system. Oh yes - no tuner needed!
One last item before I head up to watch TV, don't forget to look for N7UN, NU3E and WA3WSJ operating from the AT in NJ next Saturday and Sunday morning. We plan to hike inside the Delaware Water Gap and play radio. I'll be testing my Red Hot Vertical during the hike. 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
