I also picked up the little yellow book at Dayton, and am pleased with
it. I should have picked up the Z11 and One Button tune gizmo there,
as well, but was overloaded and overwhelmed. I've since ordered that,
and saw the yellow book on the web site. I WAS NOT able to use their
web page for ordering, since it failed in sevral different ways for me
within 24 hours.
And speaking of Z11's, was it here, or on the QRP list that someone
mentioned putting a toroid balun inside the Z11 case?
My current idea for very portable antenna system is two of the six
foot RS whips, mounted in horizontal or V dipole style, fed with
parallel wires, using anything from some surplus twinlead antenna wire
that looks a bit like zip cord or 300 ohm twinlead, to homemade open
wire. That would fit inside a hotel window, or hang outside the
window, or be attached to a field-expedient pole. It wouldn't be very
efficient, but would be quick and flexible, especially when driven by
a balun equipped automatic tuner.
73, doug
