On 1/22/19 12:57 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > A small remotely tuned loop (say 12” diameter) would seem to be the best > choice, as it would fit entirely inside a small backpack. It could have > modest efficiency while not requiring a counterpoise wire. Rigid 1” copper > pipe formed in a square would be convenient to deploy.
[Deletia] > Any other antenna suggestions? I tried a 52ft 26ga wire J-pole/Zep on the line of a 5ft parafoil kite, with 50ft of kite line above the antenna, and another 50' of RG-174 between the antenna and the radio. I'll grant that this is not as invisible as your idea. But I felt reasonably inconspicuous working SSB with cell-phone type earbuds (w/mic), and the KX2 in an open waist-pack, out in an open field of a large city park. People just thought I was on a phone call while flying the kite. It helped that there were several other kite-fliers in the park that day. It was not a particularly good day for propagation, but I did work Las Vegas and Spokane from Silicon Valley with under 10W on 20m. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
