When I was in TN I played with a lot of homebrew wire antennas.
One of my favorite antennas was a mobile mount on a ground rod with a 102” CB whip pruned to 10m with buried radials.
Then I wanted to work other bands without a tuner, so I took some 3/8x24TPI bolts and drilled them lengthwise, fed measured flexweave thru the bolts and knotted it. Soldered then screwed the bolt into the mount.
Add an insulator, tweak prune to resonance and elevate via tree branches. Obviously I had to add more radials, but it worked for me.
Just wanted to pass this on, since I’m currently in the process of repeating the process with dipoles.
Happy Holidays
Lex
One of my favorite antennas was a mobile mount on a ground rod with a 102” CB whip pruned to 10m with buried radials.
Then I wanted to work other bands without a tuner, so I took some 3/8x24TPI bolts and drilled them lengthwise, fed measured flexweave thru the bolts and knotted it. Soldered then screwed the bolt into the mount.
Add an insulator, tweak prune to resonance and elevate via tree branches. Obviously I had to add more radials, but it worked for me.
Just wanted to pass this on, since I’m currently in the process of repeating the process with dipoles.
Happy Holidays
Lex
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