I looked at the manual for the pack12, wow! lot of assembly with that one,
how portable is it really?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Shandrow" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: portable hf antennas
> Hi Gary,
>
> OK. I looked at the eham.net reviews as well as the pacific antenna and
> hfpack web sites. This looks like a great antenna, especially for sighted
> hams. How did you build the coil kit?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: portable hf antennas
>
>
>> Darrell:
>>
>> I think a good set of radials would improve that antenna markedly.
>>
>> Also, not sure if the joey is base loaded or center loaded. THe pac-12
>> is
>> center loaded, and has performed well for me.
>> I run almost exclusively qrp cw, and have worked most of the u.s. with 5
>> watts and either the pac-12 or just a wire supported on a fiberglass
>> crappy
>> pole with a counterpoise.
>>
>> Don't know your situation, but if you can get three or four quarter wave
>> radials laid down, you should see much better performance.
>>
>> 73 and good luck
>> At 01:53 PM 1/15/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Gary,
>>>
>>>I am currently running the Outbacker Joey portable vertical antenna. I
>>>have
>>>it clamped to the rail on the patio of my first floor apartment with a
>>>single counterpoise wire that is connected to copper hotwater pipes.
>>>
>>>This antenna is accessible. Plugging a wanderwire in to a specific hole
>>>on
>>>the side of the antenna selects the band of operation. It is an
>>>extremely
>>>poor performer and almost not worth the trouble.
>>>
>>>I haven't yet replaced this antenna with something new. I am weighing my
>>>options. Might just wait a few years till I have a house or something...
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Gary Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:18 AM
>>>Subject: portable hf antennas
>>>
>>>
>>> > John and others:
>>> >
>>> > Take a look at the pac-12 portable vertical. from pacific antenna;
>>> > http://www.pacificantenna.com
>>> >
>>> > Also, you can home brew this from the article at
>>> > http://www.njqrp.org/pac-12/index.html
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I built one last year, and it works great. Mine was all home brew,
>>> > and
>>> > only needed some help with the machining and one solder joint.
>>> >
>>> > I modified the design to use one coil and a wander lead. However, I
>>> > may
>>> > go
>>> > back to separate coils for ruggedness and ease of setup.
>>> >
>>> > Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>
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