Don't leave home without your antenna analyzer, it just makes tuning this thing much easier.Ģ. No matter what band, if I could hear them, I could work them using the Buddistick - not bad for a vertical!!ġ. We were camping up near Yosemite so I used vertical most every day to keep up with W1AW contest. Buddistick is a bit expensive.Īntenna, for a vertical, works very well.but you must have patience when tuning this thing as it's a very Hi-Q antenna. So, you don't need a 43' vertical to have a good signal, although it would help. As I wrote before, the antenna is well made. Well, I'm blown away how well I'm getting out running 100 watts!! At night running FT8 (at 25watts) I'm consistently working the other side of the world! On CW I wish there were more hams on this band, if I can hear them I can work them. With that in mind, recently I set mine up on 30-meters using the coil for extra "L" and the longer stinger Buddistick sells, 3 ground radials which are not raised due to HOA restrictions.
#BUDDIPOLE HF ANTENNA UPDATE#
I've since purchased a lightweight portable aluminum tripod that has a much larger footprint.Īn update - first off, its an HF vertical ground plane antenna, other than a lower takeoff angle compared to a dipole, there's nothing special about verticals. I added it to the order for $25, but it's simply too small and flimsy for the antenna unless inside on a perfectly level floor and not even a breeze. The only con is the Buddistick mini tripod. We did a POTA/SOTA activation from a mountain top and made 17 contacts, including out to western Canada from NH on 5 watts with an RST of 55. Finally, I tried up one or two notches from the bottom, reeled the counterpoise up about 10', and "voila", a 1:1 SWR. Then I tried shorting the coil near the top, above the 20 meter short.
#BUDDIPOLE HF ANTENNA FULL#
The instructions said that the coil may not even need to be shorted, and to extend the counterpoise out to about its full length of 33'. I was able to tune 20 meters to a 1:1 SWR but was not able to tune 40 at all. Recently purchased the Buddistick to do SOTA/POTA activations.
It will be making the trip with me out west later this summer. Overall performance wise, the Buddistick was about equal with the Wolf River, but I have to give the nod to the Buddistick for ease of setup, repeatability of settings, and compactness. I used the included hook and para cord with a rock to help secure it. The new tripod and Versahub are great! It was easy to get the antenna standing upright on some not so level terrain. I’ll be adding the triple ratio balance soon. As others have mentioned, 40 meters was a bit of a challenge, but that is mostly due to the low impedance of very short for frequency vertical antennas. Tuning it with the clips and elevated counterpoise was a snap thanks to my Rig Expert analyzer and once set, was easily repeatable. The Buddistick was usually better on receive than the wire and I ended up making most of my contacts with it. I had also set up an end fed long wire and a Wolf River antenna. I used it for Field Day and was very pleased with the results. I wanted a,very small, light antenna system to take on the road that didn’t require a mast or tree, so a vertical was the logical choice.
#BUDDIPOLE HF ANTENNA PRO#
Purchased the Buddistick Pro from Bud at this year’s Dayton Hamvention.
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