The more replies … the more poor Wayne will get confused ![]()
But here we go :
I use this 6m fiberglass pole from Decathlon (sports good store in Europe), cost 15€ (17$)
If folds down to 58 cm so fits nicely on the side of my backpack , and weighs only 556 gram.
(I see it was on sale for only 5€ now, should have bought me some more !
https://www.decathlon.de/angelrute-telepocket-s-600-id_8044451.html )
I have used it as a vertical (5m radiator and one 5m radial above (not ON) the ground), but lately I only use my homebrew link dipole for 40-6m.
I don’t use the two top sections , so center of my dipole is around 5m above ground, the ends are abt 1m above ground. It must work very well, since I made 100 QSO’s in 1h15m on my last trip … all on 40m !
Read my report here :
it contains several pictures where you see the pole in action, and on one picture you will see a yellow “thing” in the background, that is a plastic cup with a 25cm steel pin, it keeps the pole up without guy lines (it’s also a fishing accesory from Decathlon), and fits in my backpack. I only use the dipole, nothing else, to keep the whole thing up.
If I can’t get the pin in the ground (happened very few times) , I use some bungee cords or other solution.
73 Luc ON7DQ/KF0CR