Hi folks
It’s a few weeks ago, since Carine and I had the idea to realize a lightweight-vertical for 20m - 6m, which is based on the very clever hiking sticks called ‘Cleverstick’. In the meantime we could collect awesome experiences on DX-ing on several Summits with this antenna 
On our post you can find some more information and a few activation-maps: Jetzt lieferbar: HB9NBGs Clever-Whip Kit 20 - 6m – Lutz Electronics, Schweiz
vy 73 to you all es hpe cu agn
René, HB9NBG + Carine, HB9FZC
Those CleverSticks do look exceedingly … clever. But, for people like me who suffer from chronic back pain (due in my case to old rock-climbing injuries), the re-purposing of the hiking sticks to make a tripod would leave me with no sticks at all. Not a good solution, since I really need at least one stick to get about on the summit, even while erecting my little HF-Pro-2-Plus-T vertical antenna on a very lightweight tripod, if I decide to use that antenna at all.
I marvel at the able-bodied, moving with so much agility on difficult ground. Good luck with your new product which looks … nice.
Hi Rob
It’s not nice to hear, that you’re fighting against health-issues 
We wish you all the best 
Carine and I are lucky to still have the health and fitness to reach also difficult summits 
. But in the high-alps the equipment should be as lightweight and as compact as possible; since we need hiking-sticks anyway, HB9NBGs Clever-Whip Kit is - I think so - the highest performing antenna-solution with such a light weight, which is by the way very easy to handle 
Of course there are summits with very limited space, where guying an antenna is difficult, but you really can built-up this solution nearly everywhere 
There, where that isn’t possible at all, we love to use the KH1 from ELECRAFT as a Handheld If the only goal is to activate a summit, you’re succesfull with this tiny radio within a few minutes of activity everytime, and if you’re lucky also DX can be worked 
So, all the best for you and hope to meet you on-air soon…
vy 73 de René, HB9NBG
I love my CleaverSticks. I got them for my birthday from XYL.
Here are two examples how I use them
73 Marek
Hi Marek, yes, the Cleversticks are really great and very versatile in their use Have further fun with it
vy 73 de René, HB9NBG
