I will have to look into the coupler option. Especially where I've been doing mostly digital versus voice so I appreciate your suggestion as I hadn't even considered it. Even if I'm in a vehicle, it could be an option.?
I have been borrowing the verticals so those have been easy to manipulate and get into the right range.
I did buy an off center fed dipole from Tim (N9SAB -). It's very compact and easy to carry and with some paracord and a good branch, it should be simple to get up in the air here in the Pacific Northwest. He recommends a tuner but I haven't yet had enough time to put it up in the air and hook it up to my NanoVNA. His antenna is discussed on a number of online videos.
I'm hoping to do that this weekend so I can get a good feeling for where it is resonant. Of course, I'm still stuck in small areas of the 6/10m bands.?
-David
