Daryl:
As you may or may not know, I received a Buddipole antenna from my XYL and
my son for Christmas this year, and am getting ready to try it out in an
outdoor portable situation, now that the Michigan weather is finally
improving. I have been working with the designer of the Buddipole
(Budd--W3FF), and he is developing instructions for me to use the antenna
system without having to worry about color codes. I have not tried it yet,
but once my teaching semester is over in a few weeks, I will make that a top
priority goal, since I may use it for Field Day.
Will let you know how I make out.
I know you want to use any antenna like this indoors, and I know that a lot
of folks have had success with it that way.
Hope this helps at least a little.
Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Shandrow" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 6:09 PM
Subject: Usable, accessible portable antenna?
> Hi all,
>
> OK. My portable, apartment QRP station is up and running, well, sort
of...
> I have the Icom IC-703 running with the Outbacker Joey antenna. The
> Outbacker is wonderfully accessible; just change the band tap plug to
change
> bands, but, well, that's about all I can say for it... While I can
receive
> some signals on HF, I am essentially unable to transmit. Oh, yes, I can
get
> a decent SWR, especially when I use my rig's auto antenna tuner, but I
can't
> even work a fellow ham three miles away.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas of a better antenna that can be assembled and
> tuned without the need of sight? I am specifically thinking about either
> the Super Antennas MP-1 or even a Buddipole. The Buddipole looks like it
> might even provide some real performance, while the MP-1 looks like it
might
> provide a little better performance than my existing Outbacker Joey. Any
> ideas are welcome. I really want to get on the air and make some actual
> QSOs, but I'm reaching the end of my budget for experimenting to get this
> done... My next move really needs to count for something... :-)
>
> Thanks and 73.
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