Re: And so, my first two QSL Cards of the year go out for BitX40 QSO's...
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The rotating ?dipole is two ham sticks mounted horizontally one attached to the center lead the other the braided of the coax
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 2:34 PM, jgaffke@... [BITX20] wrote:
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I'd use Danny Horvat's?EFHW-4010-1K (google it). That and a 31 foot jacktite pole would be a lot less trouble than a 40m rotating beam, and less likely to catch the attention of neighbors. ?There are plenty of other end-fed-half-wave antennas out there, but this one hits 40,20,15,10 without a tuner, and can deal with a fair bit of power. ?The 80 meter version is twice as long, and more than twice as as likely to extend into somebody else's campsite. ?Though if you do have a spot big enough for 1/2 wave at 80m, you could add more wire to the far end of the EFHW-4010-1K. ? Have a chunk of PVC pipe permanently mounted to a corner of that motorhome to gain a few more feet, and just slip the jacktite down into the top of it when parked. Ashhar has suggested there will be easy mods for the Bitx40 to hit other bands. ---In BITX20@..., wrote : What are you using for an antenna. I am just starting out and wondering about a rotating ?dipole ,I travel in a motorhome sometimes and thought it might be easier to put up.
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