After this little tuning box is done, the theory is that I will be able to take a hunk o' wire approximately 69 feet long (21 Meters), toss it up into the trees, and will be able to operate on any frequency that lays between the 40 and 10 Meter bands without a counterpoise.
My friend Bob W3BBO homebrewed one based on the QRP Project schematic; and he tells me that it works great. Another multiband alternative to the doublets that I am anxious to try.
I drilled the housing today and mounted the hardware. Next step is to wind the two transformers and do all the wiring. I should have it ready to go for field trials by next weekend. Unfortunately, so far both Monday and Tuesday nights are already booked with other commitments.
72 de Larry W2LJ
Looks interesting, but the tossing 70 feet of wire into trees part would worry me.
ReplyDeleteReally? It would only be temporary and the wire would be insulated so as not to rub or hurt the tree bark. Something on the order of this:
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72 de Larry W2LJ