While preparing for the Virginia QSO Party expedition class I decided to walk the halls of an office store and Dick’s sporing goods to see what gear may prove helpful to set up a semi-permanent Portable KX4O/P radio station. What I found was encouraging and may be helpful for two aspects: protecting and organizing the radio gear and provisions for shelter.
A new twist… This simulation places an additional wire underneath the previous 40 meter dipole up 6 feet.
As we continue are review of portable HF antennas we start to approach the bizarre. This post reviews a full half-wave antenna for 40 meters placed just 6 feet high. This is almost silly, but, like I said before, is it a whole lot more than nothing and did work.
This installment of our 40 meter antenna simulations takes our 26 foot Inverted V, described here, and levels the conductors.
This is the first comparison done against our baseline 40 meter inverted V at 26 feet outlined here. The only parameter changed was increasing the height of the apex from 26 feet to 50 feet above ground level.
If you are considering operating as expedition for the Virginia QSO Party you have choices. You could rent a van, bolt in a table, bring along a portable mast, throw in a generator, chairs, heater and you are all set. Or if you are like me and have to settle for doing something with a Taurus get these things:
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