I wasn’t quite happy with the results of the tiny Gawant, although it’s workable on the higher bands. So I continued to look for a handheld antenna that’s set up in a minute, but has decent performance down to 40m. That’s when I came across Peter Parker’s pedestrian mobile antenna concept, matching through a simple tank circuit that is apparently quite efficient for small whips. I went for a 2.5m whip, 5m CP, which is still comfortable (just) to hold in the hand for a short activation. This time conditions where better SFI 141 and K 2. The RBN results were nice (calling for a minute or two), and I also managed to chase quite a few SOTA activators on different bands. Looks as if this is a keeper.
