Hi everyone. My XYL (Elsie KB1IFZ) & I have volunteered our time and gear to the Club to set up and run the GOTA station. We'll be providing our FT-857 and other mobile gear that we recently used on our DXpedition on St. Kitts. (We're long-time contesters -- even running, multiple times, the IARU HF World Championships from Aruba as part of the P40HQ team.)
As we're newbies to MARC, we defer to everyone's advice as to what you'd prefer us to use regarding antennas. We have two easy-up options that you could consider: (1) An ultra-compact dipole for 40m/20m. This is what we used in St. Kitts. It played fantastic. Then, again, we had an ocean-sized ground plane a few hundred yards away! http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/mfj-17754. (2) We also have a five-minute-setup homemade vertical that uses a 31-ft. telescoping kite / windsock pole, 29.5 ft. of wire, and a 9:1 unun. Here's an example (although, unlike the antenna example, we feed ours with a 9:1 unun): http://wb7x.super-web.biz/Vertical_antenna.html.
Of the two antenna options, the dipole will likely play better. But we don't know what you have for antenna end-supports and such. Of course, we could use whatever antennas you might already have in place. We are flexible to whatever you may need! We're here to help. Just let us know...
BTW, in case you're curious, here's some great information regarding the 9:1 unun: http://w5bii.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=9to1_unun_antenna
73,
Eric KB1EHE
Elsie KB1IFZ
As we're newbies to MARC, we defer to everyone's advice as to what you'd prefer us to use regarding antennas. We have two easy-up options that you could consider: (1) An ultra-compact dipole for 40m/20m. This is what we used in St. Kitts. It played fantastic. Then, again, we had an ocean-sized ground plane a few hundred yards away! http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/mfj-17754. (2) We also have a five-minute-setup homemade vertical that uses a 31-ft. telescoping kite / windsock pole, 29.5 ft. of wire, and a 9:1 unun. Here's an example (although, unlike the antenna example, we feed ours with a 9:1 unun): http://wb7x.super-web.biz/Vertical_antenna.html.
Of the two antenna options, the dipole will likely play better. But we don't know what you have for antenna end-supports and such. Of course, we could use whatever antennas you might already have in place. We are flexible to whatever you may need! We're here to help. Just let us know...
BTW, in case you're curious, here's some great information regarding the 9:1 unun: http://w5bii.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=9to1_unun_antenna
73,
Eric KB1EHE
Elsie KB1IFZ
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