Short loaded vertical antenna for restricted summits

Hi Ignacio,

Thank you for showing us your solution, very interesting!

I experimented as well with such kind of antennas, also mainly for space restricted summits.

I wanted an antenna that is usable between 40m and 6m, without the need of a tuner. It should be easily and fast deployable, either by a composed earth stake, some stones or supported by the backpack.

Like Ed @DD5LP, I experimented with the well known Kommunica/Gabil/Sharman branded antenna, or in my case, with a clone from WIMO.

The whole antenna system, including a ground spike, 3m of RG-174, 8 radials and wire winder weights in total 740g and needs little space in the backpack.

I created a short video that may give you some inspiration for your own solution:

The video description contains further information about all used parts.

73 Stephan

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