Phil, I have had very good luck with a combination inverted vee with a 80 meter and 40 meter dipole antennas fed with one coax. If you can get a pulley up in a tree 35 to 45 feet up and pull the center up with that. It does not work too well on 20, but you could add an insulators in the 80 meter dipole at 48 feet and jumper them with clip leads for 80 and open for 20 it would give you 3/4 wave length on 20. The antenna will also work on 15 and 10 if you catch openings. Just tie the ends of the dipoles to trees as high as you can reach so that no one gets clothes lined by your antenna. The tuner in my K3 works very well if the swr is a bit high. I usually feed with RG8X which is good for about a KW, certainly for 100 watts.
I also have used an 160 meter inverted L with a 80 meter trap made from 4 in sewer and drain pipe. I put about 60 ft in the vertical leg and about 55 ft in the "horizontal" leg, but it does not need to be horizontal, it can slope down at almost vertical without changing anything much. I feed mine against 5 50 ft long wires as a counterpoise. I have worked all bands, 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 with it and it works quite well. Either of these antennas will work quite well at a fixed station as well as a vacation cottage. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Phil LaMarche <plama...@verizon.net> wrote: > From: Phil LaMarche <plama...@verizon.net> > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 > To: wrco...@flash.net > Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 12:27 PM > Never been there but a cottage on one acre with plenty of > trees. Mostly 75 > and 20. > > > Philip LaMarche > LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. > www.instantgourmetspices.com > > www.w9dvm.com > 800-395-7795 pin 02 > 727-944-3226 > FAX 727-937-8834 > NASFT 30210 > > K3 #1605 > > CCA 98 00827 > W9DVM > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WILLIS COOKE [mailto:wrco...@flash.net] > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:23 PM > To: Phil LaMarche > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 > > > What bands do you want to operate? What advantages or > constraints do you > have in the way of trees, supports or restrictions? Is it > a single cottage > in the woods where you can do anything you want? Or is is a > cottage in a > group where you have close neighbors to complain? > > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ > > > --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Phil LaMarche > <plama...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > From: Phil LaMarche <plama...@verizon.net> > > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 12:12 PM > > I'll be vacationing in NC this summer at a nice > cottage > > in the mountains. > > Taking my K3, what is the best portable antenna to > take > > with me for that > > week. There are many and I'm sure there are some > > strong opinions. Thanks > > > > Phil > > > > > > Philip LaMarche > > LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. > > <http://www.instantgourmetspices.com/> > > www.instantgourmetspices.com > > > > www.w9dvm.com <http://www.w9dvm.com/> > > 800-395-7795 pin 02 > > 727-944-3226 > > FAX 727-937-8834 > > NASFT 30210 > > > > K3 #1605 > > > > CCA 98 00827 > > W9DVM > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
