When I was in College at Kansas State, I had a random length long wire out the window and up into some trees from the basement apartment. I used a simple coil and cap with alligator clips to make a LCD tuner on a piece of pine. What made it work was the copper pipe water inlet two feet from the OP desk. Good ground. I worked 80 through 10 with my HW100. No one never saw the antenna in 5 years. BS and Masters
Lee K0WA On Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 2:57 PM Wayne Burdick <[email protected] wrote: > I’ve engaged in plenty of ultralight HF pack operation, with a KX2, AX1 > antenna and a dragged counterpoise. In wide open spaces it’s a blast. But > urban settings with dogs, wire-eating cacti and overzealous Neighborhood > Watchers can distract from one’s radio experience. > > So, just for grins, I’d like to try something completely incognerdo: no > visible antenna. 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. > > The loop would be only 6 to 8” from soft tissue, so you’d want to run QRP, > of course. OTOH, we’re talking about HF. A cellphone by your ear is > probably worse. > > Any other antenna suggestions? > > Wayne > N6KR > > > > ---- > elecraft.com > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
