----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators"
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Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Re: portable hf antennas


> I'm thinking about the roll of speaker wire  lol, well, for the price,
> it's not too bad, it won't fit in my suet case though, when I go on
> vacation my clothes don't even fit in the suet case  lol, I have to pring
> a plastic bag with some but anyway, it may fit in the backpack I carry the
> radio in, it has pockets on it. I'll have to give it some thought, I have
> some RG-58 from another project that didn't work over here, is that a BNC
> connector on that antenna? or SO-239?  I'll think about it, I'm looking
> for portable, not overly expensive, not obvious as hell, and quick to put
> up and take down as I'll probably mainly use it on vacation for bad
> weather days or nights and won't want to leave it up all the time for many
> reasons.  Thinking about my vacation spot of course, that's probably where
> it will get the most use though I do have to think about ease of setup for
> emergencies too.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 9:52 AM
> Subject: Re: portable hf antennas
>
>
>> John:
>>
>> It looks much harder than it really is.  It is very portable.  When
>> broken
>> down, it is approximately 1 foot long, and weighs about 1 pound.  THe
>> only
>> thing more portable, would be a roll of speaker wire, and heavy string.
>>
>> You can do separate band coils as in the article, or wind one multiband
>> coil as I did.
>> I went to miami beach for a conference in November.
>>
>> THe pac-12, a camera tripod, and my entire station went into my suitcase
>> along with a weeks worth of clothes.
>>
>> I carry the whole station, antenna, and about 15 feet of rg58 coax in one
>> of those canvas shopping bags.  The rig for this is either the k2, with
>> microphone, key, and a radioshack 2 amp power supply for charging the
>> battery, or the elecraft kx1.  THis is a 3 band cw only rig.