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.
I wish you were closer, and I'd let you put your paws on it.
At 05:01 PM 1/15/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>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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