Paul Maruna wrote:
I notice that Elecraft has the Buddipole and Buddistick antennas in their order
form.
Can the K3 use the Buddistick antenna or is it better built for the Buddipole
antenna ?
It would work fine with either antenna. The real issue is that both of
these antennas are compromises designed to make it easy to set up a
station in the field. If you are planning to operate from a fixed
location, you will get much better performance from a wire antenna
mounted as high as possible, and such an antenna would be much cheaper.
In the field, a Buddipole would be especially good if you can locate it
next to a sharp dropoff, which would compensate for the low height. A
Buddistick would be especially good on a beachfront or other salt-water
location, but relatively poor in the mountains where ground conductivity
is not so good.
Many operators have good luck in the field with wire antennas placed in
trees by slingshot/reel devices, etc. The higher the better.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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