John:

How do you support the legs of the antenna, though?

Sometimes, I'm in a situation where I don't have trees and a lot of space to
work with.

Am just curious, and thanks for the response.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

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From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: recommendations needed for good portable HF antenna


> well, I had problems not antenna related on my vacation but in tests here,
> and in reviews on eham, the yoyo tenna seems a good option, it's a wire
> antenna, a di pole, it roles up in to things that look like yoyos, each
leg,
> it works on 2 through 40 but they make other versions and it's very
> flexible. I actually marked mine where it has good SWR, with electrical
tape
> since it seemed like it was in order, the longer the wire, the hither the
> band, and with a tuner, it works good all the way out. I didn't need the
> tuner on a lot of bands when I tried it out here. It's an option, the one
i
> got only cost I think $30 and it's a good antenna, I wish I had got to use
> it on vacation but had problems with wiring in the cottage that made that
> touch,  next year though and I did test it extensively here and like it.
>