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Manual Garcia O'Kely · 09-27-2008, 08:23 PM

I've been turning my BP into a true dipole with the large coils and 9.5' whips, and in Yosemite a week ago, I set up on 80 meters and was happy with the results for NVIS signals on 80. This was with the 8' mast that comes with the deluxe package.

I also used the TRSB which on this band at this frequency likes a 2:1 setting.

If you bought just the BP w/out the tripod and mast, and used a painter's pole with a sleeve on the RV ladder, you could easily get this thing 20' into the air and the bandwidth on 20 with the big diameter coils is nearly full band on SSB, and adequate if you don't go jumping around a lot on 40 and 80.

You can buy the center Tee, the painter pole adaptor, arms, coils, whips and TRSB all separately.

09-27-2008, 08:23 PM	#1
Manual Garcia O'Kely Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 96	Buddpole, large coils, TRSB I've been turning my BP into a true dipole with the large coils and 9.5' whips, and in Yosemite a week ago, I set up on 80 meters and was happy with the results for NVIS signals on 80. This was with the 8' mast that comes with the deluxe package. I also used the TRSB which on this band at this frequency likes a 2:1 setting. If you bought just the BP w/out the tripod and mast, and used a painter's pole with a sleeve on the RV ladder, you could easily get this thing 20' into the air and the bandwidth on 20 with the big diameter coils is nearly full band on SSB, and adequate if you don't go jumping around a lot on 40 and 80. You can buy the center Tee, the painter pole adaptor, arms, coils, whips and TRSB all separately.