Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas
I use a method similar to my home installation of a 100 foot spool of #16 insulated "primary" wire hanging from a limb high up in a big fir tree. At home it drops from a 70 foot branch at a 45° angle. The copper plumbing system in the crawl space is the "ground" half of the system. When camping I use the Hyperdog sling shot with mason's line and a 6 oz lead fishing weight to get my 100 foot wire as high as possible into an available tree. I have another similar spool of wire which could be the other half of a dipole if another tree is available. But usually I just string it along the ground somewhere under the first wire to act as a sort of radial. I've used this method with my Icom703 and an MFJ-945C antenna tuner. When camping, I use a short coax between the tuner and a binding post adapter for the wires. That adapter ends up being quite low on a short pole with only about 10-15 feet of coax from the tuner (which also keeps losses at bay with the higher SWR's in this arrangement). I set up the MFJ in the middle of a band (without the 703 tuner engaged) and then use the 703 tuner to refine the match when I move within the band. The MFJ settings are recorded so I can quickly switch between bands. The resulting angles of this type of antenna produce a mix of pattern and propagation characteristics of both horizontal and vertical antennas. Dick Ballard W7AND [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beaverton OR (near Portland) On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:09:20 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Wow, What a support Group Thanks to all the oldsters out there who >responded to my cataract problem (surgery went well yesterday by the way). > > Now my next question is what kind of antennas to use (mostly for 20 meters) > when out camping. Here in Northeastern Illinois, most campsites have only one > tree to hang a dipole on which would leave the ends to droop to the ground > etc. > What do most of you guys use when camping? > > Next question in line will be Power Supplies for the K1. > > Dick Powers WB9PWQ / AFA3DP ___ 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
RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas
Along those same lines - back about 10 years ago while trying to participate in field day with a group of local hams at a cabin in the U.P. of Michigan, I ended up stringing an 80m dipole up about 6-10 feet off the ground, and made dozens of contacts within 500 miles (MI, WI, MN, IA, IL, IN). I don't think I was QRP (I believe it was a TenTec Scout at 50W), but it worked well, and I had alot of fun. Daniel AA0NI Oklahoma City --- Robert Tellefsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dick > Don't let just a single tree in a campsite hold you back. > Use it and have fun. Drooping dipoles work just fine. > > When the xyl and I were camping in Oregon, there were only some > rose bushes by our campsite and no trees. So I laid out my > 40m dipole over the bushes, about 4 ft above ground, fired > up my old HW-8 and had a number of nice QSOs. Great time, > sitting at the picnic table with my lantern and a 12v lantern > battery for the HW-8. > > Good luck and 73 > Bob N6WG > The Little Station with Attitude > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Richard Powers > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:09 AM > To: Elecraft > Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas > > > Wow, What a support Group Thanks to all the oldsters out there who > responded to my cataract problem (surgery went well yesterday by the way). > > Now my next question is what kind of antennas to use (mostly for 20 > meters) when out camping. Here in Northeastern Illinois, most campsites have > only one tree to hang a dipole on which would leave the ends to droop to the > ground etc. > What do most of you guys use when camping? > > Next question in line will be Power Supplies for the K1. > > Dick Powers WB9PWQ / AFA3DP > ___ > 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 > ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas
I have a portable dipole that I use for camping. I bought it off ebay. The doublets each roll up in a plastic wind-up contraption. It's kind of like a yo yo tenna deluxe (not made by the same company). The center insulator has two screw terminals that I connect my 300 ohm ladder line to. I've found it's easy to set it up as an inverted vee. I really only have to get the center up as high as I can. Getting the end of the doublets up semi-high is no big deal. It's alot less time and less aggravation then trying to set it up in a true dipole configuration with both ends being up. From NJ running 5 watts into the antenna I worked Switzerland with no problem. 73, James KB2FCV -Original Message- From: Robert Tellefsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Richard Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Elecraft Sent: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:45:31 -0800 Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas Dick Don't let just a single tree in a campsite hold you back. Use it and have fun. Drooping dipoles work just fine. When the xyl and I were camping in Oregon, there were only some rose bushes by our campsite and no trees. So I laid out my 40m dipole over the bushes, about 4 ft above ground, fired up my old HW-8 and had a number of nice QSOs. Great time, sitting at the picnic table with my lantern and a 12v lantern battery for the HW-8. Good luck and 73 Bob N6WG The Little Station with Attitude -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Powers Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:09 AM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas Wow, What a support Group Thanks to all the oldsters out there who responded to my cataract problem (surgery went well yesterday by the way). Now my next question is what kind of antennas to use (mostly for 20 meters) when out camping. Here in Northeastern Illinois, most campsites have only one tree to hang a dipole on which would leave the ends to droop to the ground etc. What do most of you guys use when camping? Next question in line will be Power Supplies for the K1. Dick Powers WB9PWQ / AFA3DP ___ 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 ___ 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
RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas
Dick Don't let just a single tree in a campsite hold you back. Use it and have fun. Drooping dipoles work just fine. When the xyl and I were camping in Oregon, there were only some rose bushes by our campsite and no trees. So I laid out my 40m dipole over the bushes, about 4 ft above ground, fired up my old HW-8 and had a number of nice QSOs. Great time, sitting at the picnic table with my lantern and a 12v lantern battery for the HW-8. Good luck and 73 Bob N6WG The Little Station with Attitude -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Powers Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:09 AM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas Wow, What a support Group Thanks to all the oldsters out there who responded to my cataract problem (surgery went well yesterday by the way). Now my next question is what kind of antennas to use (mostly for 20 meters) when out camping. Here in Northeastern Illinois, most campsites have only one tree to hang a dipole on which would leave the ends to droop to the ground etc. What do most of you guys use when camping? Next question in line will be Power Supplies for the K1. Dick Powers WB9PWQ / AFA3DP ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K1-20 - - Now Camping - Antennas
I use one of these 8 foot long two-piece magmount verticals for 20 metres. I just put it on top of the car - or a sheet of metal if I don't have the car - and it works a treat. Doesn't even need an ATU. I've managed the States and Japan miles from here with 4 watts RTTY no problem. 73 Bob 2M0KDZ ___ 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
