Thanks for this good info, John.
I fully understand that the yo-yo antennas are not meant to serve in
permanent installations. I'm just looking for alternatives if I can't get
my Turbo-tuner replaced, or find another screw-driver tuning device.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: Yoyo antennas?
>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
>
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