[Antennas] Eighty Meter mobile or portable

Wed Apr 23 13:19:26 EDT 2008

> Two "ham sticks" by any mfg. screwed into a double horizontal 
> mount similar to the MFJ model 347 make a decent single band 
> portable dipole when attached to a 1&1/4" OD pipe.

 They should be individually tuned to the same frequency,
then adjusted the same amount to trim them, and since they
are now a dipole, would be best fed with 72-75 Ohm line.
They can be mounted on anything, I have a 15 meter unit
at the top of a 10 foot piece of 1/2 inch (trade size)
EMT. (interior electrical conduit with a cap on top,
hose banded to a sewer vent pipe on the roof of my house)
-- 
 Ron KA4INM
 Youvan's corollary: Every action results in
 an unwanted side effect.