[Waverley ARS] John Moyle, Buddipole etc

[Raffy]

Hi Members,

Actually what I keep saying is "the more wire in the sky, the better!"

The shootout link is:
http://hflink.com/hfpack/antennas/shootouthorizontal2002.html

Note that the Buddipole is rated at 0.10 dbi better than the reference
dipole. That's an imperceptible difference, but more importantly, it's at
least as good as a wire dipole, not worse. Given it's portability and
easy-up nature that's a plus. It's gone commercial and therefore a bit
expensive, but it does include absolutely everything... nothing to build.

http://www.buddipole.com/buddipole.html

For homebrewers, you can make one yourself of lesser quality here:
http://www.qsl.net/w3ff/antenna_design.htm

The monoband Hamstick Dipole that I was using is much cheaper, and similar
to that sold by Lakeview. However,  in the shootout it was rated at -1.86
dbi below the reference dipole.
http://www.hamstick.com/9106.htm
and the connector is:-
http://www.hamstick.com/901.htm

They say they do ship overseas.

Adam, I thank you for attributing a quote to me, it makes me feel slightly
important (which I'm not!). But thanks for the ego boost anyway.

Keep experimenting. It's fun.

73
Raffy


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:members-bounces at us.cactii.net]On Behalf Of Adam Carmichael
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 12:11 AM
To: Gordon & Kizny
Cc: members at vk2bv.org
Subject: Re: [Waverley ARS] John Moyle, Buddipole etc


Gordon & Kizny wrote:
> They seem susceptible to windy conditions....and are they THAT much
> better than the trusty dipole?
"Nothing beats a good dipole" (or something to that effect)
   -- Raffy
:) He has a link for a website that does a shootout of the portable
antenna operations.

I'm contemplating building a folded coax dipole in some thin PVC piping
(for the element) WICEN NSW has some decent instructions for it at:
http://www.nsw.wicen.org.au/main.php?page=tech/projects/04-dipole/index

I'll be building 2 elements; 1 for 2M and the other for 70cm; probably
on the next project day using physical construction design that a friend
of mine gave me (only that was for HF, I'm going to scale it down to
VHF/UHF and see how I go).

Anyone else going to build one with me?


VK2FNRD

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Adam Carmichael
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