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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Antennas for covert install.
« on: April 12, 2019, 1917 UTC »
So, I'm wanting to build a few solar powered beacons to stick on mountain tops. They've gotta be kinda covert so people dont mess with them if found so I'm wondering what kind of antenna I could use that would be cheap and easy. It seems like either a halfwave dipole or an end fed is the most common, but it makes for a pretty long wire/rope.
Any ideas? what have others done?
BTW i've had a little solar beacon on the air for a few months now, but I haven't seen any reports. Its on ~135572 but isn't extremely stable. PIE @ 10wpm. Located in Grand Forks BC, Canada, right on the Washington border.
Any ideas? what have others done?
BTW i've had a little solar beacon on the air for a few months now, but I haven't seen any reports. Its on ~135572 but isn't extremely stable. PIE @ 10wpm. Located in Grand Forks BC, Canada, right on the Washington border.