Thank you Shannon. This is perfect. I will check the magazine for details.
Venkata Appala KJ5BVS pradhan...@gmail.com > On Aug 6, 2023, at 9:24 PM, Shannon Tassin <stas...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Venkata, > > The ARRL On the Air magazine Sept 2021 edition page 22 has a project to > create a portable vertical antenna using the MFJ-1979. If you are an ARRL > member, you can use the ARRL mags app to find it. It has a mount and > everything else needed. > > I’ve made this project and tried it out and it works quite well. The article > has you mark the antenna for the right spot for each frequency, but if you > have a tuner in your setup, you can extend it all the way, tune it, and it > will work well without the manual adjusting. I have a backpack and a PVC tube > I use to make it all portable. > > I made some tweaks to the project including a round plate to attach the > radials. > > We have some coax experts in the group and so I am sure they can give you > more information, but keep in mind for HF, you don’t need as high of quality > coax as for VHF/UHF. > > Happy to give you more details – send me an email. > > Thanks, > Shannon Tassin > K4SCT > > From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> on behalf of Venkata Appala via BVARC > <bvarc@bvarc.org> > Date: Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 8:21 PM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> > Cc: Venkata Appala <pradhan...@gmail.com> > Subject: [BVARC] HF antenna and coax > > Hello all, > I am working on setting up a temporary HF antenna that I can setup or take > down when not in use. For this, I am exploring MFJ 1979 telescope antenna. I > am not sure if this is the right choice yet. My idea was to use some > mount(yet to figure this out) in the backyard, run the cable inside the home > when I want to use HF. In addition, when I am visiting some park, planning to > mount if using some mag mount. I don’t have much of a backyard and wanted to > see if this antenna can be used at home and when I am visiting places. With > this info, I have few questions. Please bear with me as I am absolutely new > to Ham and might ask dumb questions. While reading, one thing I realized is > that, the antenna depends on the bands I wish to use. Well, at the moment, I > want to start with something that can get me on air for commonly used > frequencies where I can listen in and learn how to use the radio. At the > moment, all I have is a HF transceiver with builtin tuner. > > 1) Is 1979 a good antenna? It appears it is around $70 and I am assuming this > can get me started without breaking any bank. > 2) Coax…looking at the options, this seems like a candy store and I can’t > figure out which one. I am guessing something around 50 ft in length might > work and my limited research shows LMR 240 might be good option. Is this true > or should I find a better alternative? > 3) Any suggestions on mounts for the antenna that I can use in the backyard? > > Ps: Thank you to Ed and Richard for pointing me in the right direction at > Fulshear farmer’s market. I am also researching on end fed antenna but this > will be a build/diy project. > > Thank you for all the guidance and suggestions. > > 73 > Venkata Appala KJ5BVS > pradhan...@gmail.com
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