Bill, I would say I am way ahead of you but I am ahead of you but maybe not. I am also considering buying a vertical antenna and mounting it (a temporary easy to put up portable mount) on my truck (maybe a stake hole or something else I fashion together). So, this would not be a dipole but I was thinking of laying out some ground plane wires too. Again, I need time to experiment with this.
PEH On Apr 8, 2010, at 12:07 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote: > > > Phil Hystad-3 wrote: >> >> I have a 35 foot long fiberglass telescoping pole that I stick in one of >> the stake holes of my pickup truck. Then, with the center of my dipole >> attached to the top and coax already connected I extend the pole up to its >> full 35 foot length which puts the top of the dipole at 40 feet. This can >> be done only when there is no wind as the top is not very stable as I have >> already discovered. The ends of the dipole, sort of a inverted-V dipole, >> are connected to 6 foot long poles I pound into the sand a little bit, >> just enough for a stable anchor. >> > > IMO you'd do far better configuring your antenna as a vertical dipole over > salt water. > > http://pages.prodigy.net/k2kw/dxcomp.htm > http://www.elecraft.com/DXpeditions/QRP_is.pdf > http://pages.prodigy.net/k2kw/learning.html > > 73, Bill > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/QRP-Portable-and-Compromise-Antennas-tp4872023p4873137.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
