I had a combined work/vacation trip in February that prompted me to take my K2/100 along. I wasn't going to be in a position to put up a dipole, even a Buddipole, so I bought a Buddistick. I hoped it would allow me to make a few contacts without adding unduly to my luggage, and it pretty much met my expectations. I didn't have time to operate extensively, but as an example of the possibilities I had a ~half hour ssb contact from Santa Fe, NM to Hawaii and later in the trip a brief contact from Hawaii to South Africa. As has been mentioned by others, any shortned antenna is a compromise, but as long as you recognize that, some interesting contacts can be made. The Buddistick requires some fiddling with the counterpoise to get a good match. I just used the internal K2/100 swr indication to tune the antenna.
The quality of construction and convenience of the packaging of the Buddistick are great. To answer your primary question, I would concur with earlier comments that you can get most of the 20 meter cw portion without retuning, and comparable bandwidth on other bands, though maybe a bit less on 40. I just mounted the Buddistick on the Balcony of the Condos I was staying in, so retuning wasn't too much of a problem. The Buddipole in dipole mode might be more difficult, though possibly with better performance? Bernie W1AZ On Friday 06 April 2007 11:42, Fred (FL) wrote: > I've been considering the Buddi antenna, for a while > now. It seems to be built well. > > One thing I've not been able to establish - is how > much HF bandwidth does the antenna exhibit - once one > sets the clips on those 2 coils, and gets resonance? > I just wonder if a constant readjusting is necessary > with this antenna, when we move up and down the > HF bands? 20M CW then 20M SSB ....... > > In other words - if antenna was all set up outside, > would a HF user be required to continually adjust > either the clips or the whips - when an operator > goes from SSB to CW portions of the band, etc.? > > I tried some years back, to make a "dipole" out of > Hustler mobile elements, with some adjustable whips > - but never was able to get it to resonate very > reliably. Those were in my no-tuner IC-730 days. > > Those are my questions regarding the Buddi line > of dipoles and verticals, with coils and clips. > > Fred > N3CSY, FL > > Very seriously considering one. > > Fred, N3CSY > FL > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ >_________ The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
