I have a couple yoyo dipoles, I've run them on vacations in the past and a 
couple special event stations. The wire's a bit thin to leave up full time 
which is why I didn't put it up here, but for what I have used them for, and 
I even, that 2 months I lived with my in-laws ran one inside the house and I 
can't complain about them, they're not bad. the  hardest thing is finding 
the tuning points and marking them, I marked them with electrical tape and 
had a friend find them originally. They're not all that expensive, I forget 
the price but I think I paid $30 for the one that goes from 2 meters to 40, 
and I got another one setup to add wire to for 75 meters and they seem to 
work well. I usually hung them with fishing line, I have one of those 
antennas and a spool of fishing line in my go kit.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 5:04 AM
Subject: Yoyo antennas?


> Hello, everyone.
>
> Thanks to those who have responded so far to my quiry about an alternate
> antenna for my HF set-up at the RV.
>
> One possibility I've always been curious about is something called the 
> Yoyo
> Antenna.
>
> Here's a little blurb on it from an earlier Handiham e-letter.
>
> Has anyone ever used one of these things?
>
> I can't find current prices from the URL listed, so if anyone has info on
> that score, please send it along.
>
> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> Maybe this would be a good spot to mention that Bill Lauterbach, WA8MEA, 
> of
>
> DWM Communications, has kindly donated three of his famous YO-YO-TENNA
>
> antennas to the Handiham System, and we plan to give them a workout at the
>
> upcoming Minnesota Radio Camp in late August. The Yo-Yo's look like the 
> toy
>
> of the same name, but they are really serious portable antenna systems 
> that
>
> are perfect for quick deployment anywhere you want to do some HF 
> operation.
>
> Like a yo-yo, the antenna is wound in a circular plastic case. The
>
> single-wire version has one round storage container, and the dipole 
> systems
>
> have one of these "yo-yo's" for each leg of the antenna. You set the 
> dipole
>
> up by fixing the center insulator to a center support, such as the
>
> Worldradio portable telescoping fiberglass mast (I picked one of those up 
> at
>
> Dayton), and then running the legs of the dipole out to end supports in
>
> inverted-vee configuration. Feed with 50 Ohm coax, and you are good to go!
>
> When you are ready to pack the system back up, you wind the wire back into
>
> the plastic yo-yo cases by simply turning a hand crank on each case. Check
>
> Bill's website out at:
>
> http://www.qth.com/dwm/.
>
>
>
> In case you are curious about the Worldradio telescoping mast, I paid $20
>
> for it, a dollar a foot, and you can find it (model SD-20 mast) at:
>
> http://www.wr6wr.com/.
>
>
>
> Pat, WA0TDA Handiham Manager