Shaun:

I had, and tried to use a Buddipole for a number of years, and, in a nut 
shell, found it rather difficult to use for a blind person. ... The tuning 
for various bands is done via a combination of adjusting the whip lengths, 
and putting taps at a certain number of turns in a coil.  The antenna is 
very difficult to tune in this way, especially when you get below 20 meters.

In short, I had problems getting it to consistently and reliably tune, after 
a number of years of effort.

I tried working with the maker of the Buddipole (Budd Drummond (W3FF), and, 
although he was extremely patient, he was not able to help me enough to make 
the antenna system readily usable for me.

I eventually ended up selling my whole Buddipole set-up, and now am using 
other more user friendly antennas for my various HF applications.

Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:54 AM
Subject: buddipole.


> Hi all, doe any of you out there have experience with the buddipole
> antenna? if so, how white stick friendly did you find it? were you able
> to tune it for each band relatively easily? and if you had any issues
> with it, what were they?
>
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