On Mar 2, 2021, at 11:30 AM, Oscar Manero <omanero@...> wrote:

Dear all, my HOA is blocking me to use my buddipole in any meaningful matter. So, I have decided to go in-attic. Please find attached a copy of the invoices that cover all the equipment I have for sale. I am selling this in one single package, please don’t ask me to break it. You will see I bought it between September and October 2020. Deployed it three times exactly in my backyard, and it was never under the rain. It is basically new. The package includes:

First Invoice, dated September 18th 2020 (total I paid $701.03):

- Antena Deluxe "Long package" with 2 knurled whip sleeves

  This package features our long mast which extends to 18' in height (19' when mounted in tripod). The additional height is ideal for operators who are looking to increase antenna height above ground to improve efficiency and lower the takeoff angle of the standard dipole configuration.

Our long package has a few other differences which set it apart from our regular Deluxe Package:

New Choke Balun
50' Premium MILSPEC Coaxial Cable (RG58/u), w/SO239 adapter
Included guying kit
Padded Cordura carrying bag (40" in length)
Otherwise the antenna and other extras that come with our regular Deluxe Package are the same as with this long version.

- Triple ratio Switch balun TRSB

- Vertical antenna clamp with mounting kit 

- Wire Assembly 

Second Invoice, dated October 19th 2020 (total I paid $146.24). This is perfect for Vertical deployments):

- Mini Banana plug leads, 6 inches

- Mini Banana plug leads, 9 inches

- Counterpoise wire adapter

- Wire Assembly (2 more, so there is a total of 4)

- Four (4) antenna arms 22 inches.

Please see the invoices and go to the Buddipole website for details of everything. If you or anyone you know is interested, please communicate “only" directly with me (please don’t reply here) at: omanero@..., and include your name and sign.

As you see, I paid total $847.27. I am asking here $580, more that 30% off, and shipped to continental USA. You can see my eBay feedback record (100%), which includes buying and selling with my id “omaneroj.” I will wait for 10 days or so, before I place the add in eBay itself.

Thank you very much for your interest, and best

73,

Oscar Manero, N1VUR

Attachments:

• Copy Buddipole Invoices.pdf

On Mar 2, 2021, at 11:08 AM, Oscar Manero <omanero@...> wrote:

Dear all, my HOA is blocking me to use my buddipole in any meaningful matter. So, I have decided to go in-attic. Please find attached a copy of the invoices that cover all the equipment I have for sale. I am selling this in one single package, please don’t ask me to break it. You will see I bought it between September and October 2020. Deployed it three times exactly in my backyard, and it was never under the rain. It is basically new. The package includes:

First Invoice, dated September 18th 2020 (total I paid $701.03):

- Antena Deluxe "Long package" with 2 knurled whip sleeves

  This package features our long mast which extends to 18' in height (19' when mounted in tripod). The additional height is ideal for operators who are looking to increase antenna height above ground to improve efficiency and lower the takeoff angle of the standard dipole configuration.

Our long package has a few other differences which set it apart from our regular Deluxe Package:

New Choke Balun
50' Premium MILSPEC Coaxial Cable (RG58/u), w/SO239 adapter
Included guying kit
Padded Cordura carrying bag (40" in length)
Otherwise the antenna and other extras that come with our regular Deluxe Package are the same as with this long version.

- Triple ratio Switch balun TRSB

- Vertical antenna clamp with mounting kit 

- Wire Assembly 

Second Invoice, dated October 19th 2020 (total I paid $146.24). This is perfect for Vertical deployments):

- Mini Banana plug leads, 6 inches

- Mini Banana plug leads, 9 inches

- Counterpoise wire adapter

- Wire Assembly (2 more, so there is a total of 4)

- Four (4) antenna arms 22 inches.

Please see the invoices and go to the Buddipole website for details of everything. If you or anyone you know is interested, please communicate “only" directly with me (please don’t reply here) at: omanero@..., and include your name and sign.

As you see, I paid total $847.27. I am asking here $580, more that 30% off, and shipped to continental USA. You can see my eBay feedback record (100%), which includes buying and selling with my id “omaneroj.” I will wait for 10 days or so, before I place the add in eBay itself.

Thank you very much for your interest, and best

73,

Oscar Manero, N1VUR

<Copy Buddipole Invoices.pdf>

On Mar 2, 2021, at 11:30 AM, Oscar Manero <omanero@...> wrote:

Dear all, my HOA is blocking me to use my buddipole in any meaningful matter. So, I have decided to go in-attic. Please find attached a copy of the invoices that cover all the equipment I have for sale. I am selling this in one single package, please don’t ask me to break it. You will see I bought it between September and October 2020. Deployed it three times exactly in my backyard, and it was never under the rain. It is basically new. The package includes:

First Invoice, dated September 18th 2020 (total I paid $701.03):

- Antena Deluxe "Long package" with 2 knurled whip sleeves

  This package features our long mast which extends to 18' in height (19' when mounted in tripod). The additional height is ideal for operators who are looking to increase antenna height above ground to improve efficiency and lower the takeoff angle of the standard dipole configuration.

Our long package has a few other differences which set it apart from our regular Deluxe Package:

New Choke Balun
50' Premium MILSPEC Coaxial Cable (RG58/u), w/SO239 adapter
Included guying kit
Padded Cordura carrying bag (40" in length)
Otherwise the antenna and other extras that come with our regular Deluxe Package are the same as with this long version.

- Triple ratio Switch balun TRSB

- Vertical antenna clamp with mounting kit 

- Wire Assembly 

Second Invoice, dated October 19th 2020 (total I paid $146.24). This is perfect for Vertical deployments):

- Mini Banana plug leads, 6 inches

- Mini Banana plug leads, 9 inches

- Counterpoise wire adapter

- Wire Assembly (2 more, so there is a total of 4)

- Four (4) antenna arms 22 inches.

Please see the invoices and go to the Buddipole website for details of everything. If you or anyone you know is interested, please communicate “only" directly with me (please don’t reply here) at: omanero@..., and include your name and sign.

As you see, I paid total $847.27. I am asking here $580, more that 30% off, and shipped to continental USA. You can see my eBay feedback record (100%), which includes buying and selling with my id “omaneroj.” I will wait for 10 days or so, before I place the add in eBay itself.

Thank you very much for your interest, and best

73,

Oscar Manero, N1VUR

Attachments:

• Copy Buddipole Invoices.pdf

On Mar 2, 2021, at 12:03 PM, VA3CBN <popelas@...> wrote:

I echo Ray’s comments.

I also have most of those BP items.

Great package for sure.

Greg VA3CBN 

On Mar 2, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Raymond Sills via groups.io <raysills3@...> wrote:



That's a great package.... and an excellent deal.   Turns out, I have pretty much all that stuff already.  But if anyone has been considering the BP, this is a very nice package.

73 de Ray    

K2ULR

On Mar 2, 2021, at 12:03 PM, VA3CBN <popelas@...> wrote:

I echo Ray’s comments.

I also have most of those BP items.

Great package for sure.

Greg VA3CBN 

On Mar 2, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Raymond Sills via groups.io <raysills3@...> wrote:



That's a great package.... and an excellent deal.   Turns out, I have pretty much all that stuff already.  But if anyone has been considering the BP, this is a very nice package.

73 de Ray    

K2ULR

On Mar 2, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Raymond Sills via groups.io <raysills3@...> wrote:



That's a great package.... and an excellent deal.   Turns out, I have pretty much all that stuff already.  But if anyone has been considering the BP, this is a very nice package.

73 de Ray    

K2ULR

Spend $75 on a Sark100 or something similar. I have a Sark and a cheap android tablet that I have used to tune the counterpoise on a vertical Buddipole. No radio is required. The software is a little buggy but $75 is hard to beat for what you get.
I started off with a 1/4 wave vertical, rolled out 1/4 wave of counterpoise connected up the Sark100 and ran a graph sitting about 20ft away - the Bluetooth connection to the tablet allows this. Keep the counterpoise +- 5’ off the ground or more. Then either wind back the counterpoise wire back onto the handle or wind it off according to what you see on the tablet. This will shift the frequency of the troughs. I ended up with a vertical that had me easily contacting all of South America and the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and even New Zealand with 100w about 4 years ago with almost no sunspot activity at the time. I guess you could look at trying to adjust the vertical length to keep it synchronized with the counterpoise length, as technically you would have an OCF antenna if they weren’t perfectly matched, but I didn’t bother and it worked really well. In my case I actually used a vertical that wasn’t quite 1/4 long and added a base coil which I adjusted based on looking at the Buddipole tables and seeing how many turns of the coil shortened the length of the slide/telescoping part of the antenna. Using the coil probably influenced the Q of the antenna and made the troughs sharper, but the Sark lets you put the trough exactly where you need it for the part of the bandwidth you are using. I also used an antenna tuner to tune out any final imperfections and it usually tuned these out within a second or two of pushing the tune button.
Here is a Sark display for a ZA6BKW antenna I am currently using to give you an idea of what they look like (cropped from a photo of the tablet screen). You can, of course, change the center frequency and frequency step values to zoom in to any portion of interest). Really easy to do once you have set it up. I did find changing these values a bit buggy - had to put a leading space in and make sure that the frequency range shown on the bottom of the screen actually changed...



Mark Allen
KK6AFD


> On Feb 28, 2021, at 8:13 AM, Chip via groups.io <n1mie=mac.com@groups.io> wrote:
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> On Feb 28, 2021, at 05:47, David Wilcox <djwilcox01@...> wrote:
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>> Tuning a Buddipole without an antenna analyzer is cut and try and wastes a lot of time.  I have one and an analyzer tells me where I am in frequency, impedence and SWR.  Write down you results as a starting point the next time you use the antenna. The results will change with each different location.
>
> I have several antenna analyzers and am a big fan. My question was supposed to be about where to start and how to tune with the antenna tuner. Often my setup involves not having a radio available (not close enough) for the noise tune method. Besides, as stated I am not sure the noise tune method is possible with the shock cord whips.
>
>> The other side of the coin is what we did when Novices back in the 1960’s.  Just hook up a wire and transmit. I always made contacts even with lousy antennas (by today’s standards).  Some of us get too hung up on having everything perfect and get discouraged too easily.  Ignorance can be bliss.  Just tune for maximum noise and watch the SWR that it isn’t too high and play radio. There are a few sun spots these days and they are a hams friend.  The more the merrier.
>
> I believe I understand your point, but it assumes a level of naivety that I don’t have. Just blindly throwing something up and using it as long as the SWR is not bad enough to melt the finals can work but can also mean a tremendous loss of energy before it gets radiated.
>
> I’m not trying to over think this, but honestly I’ve been underutilizing my shock cord whip because I really don’t know how to get started. I use my standard Buddipole Deluxe and Buddistick setups without a problem. I have setting those up down pretty well.
>
> The other wrinkle I’ll throw in here is from a recent lesson I learned. I’d been playing with my Buddistick clipped to my porch railing. I got the setup down to a science. Then I got to WFD and threw up my design on my MastWerks 10m mast. Man was everything WAY WAY off. In hindsight it is obvious, but It caught me off guard. The result worked well, almost too well. My signal seemed to be blasting from CT to the far far west. I couldn’t seem to pickup anyone in the southeast as I usually do on 20m.
>
>
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> 73,
> --de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn
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On Feb 27, 2021, at 9:58 PM, Chip via groups.io <n1mie=mac.com@groups.io> wrote:

I’ve used my Buddipole for lots of years. And I’ve used various methods for tuning it. I now have the shock cords whips. What is the best method for tuning? The old ’noise’ method (drag clip down the coil) doesn’t work with the shock cord whips. I suppose I can start by using a calculated length and then tweak up or down to get the right SWR (I generally use an analyzer). But there are two variables, the whip length and the counterpoise length. Is there a formula for each? When tweaking the antenna how do I know when to adjust each? I’ve looked at the files as well, but they don’t list all the variations of shock cord whips, and the ones I have are not listed in any I’ve seen.

Thanks,


73,
--de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn

On Feb 27, 2021, at 4:26 PM, barry_keating <wd4msm@...> wrote:

This is the new low band coil that performs on frequencies to 3.5 mhz. Check out the BuddiPole website for all the ways you can use this coil.
https://www.buddipole.com/
This coil is in perfect condition and includes the coil clip (Buddipole does not include the clip). Shipped free in the continental United States.
$65 Shipped, PayPal OK. 

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Spend $75 on a Sark100 or something similar. I have a Sark and a cheap android tablet that I have used to tune the counterpoise on a vertical Buddipole. No radio is required. The software is a little buggy but $75 is hard to beat for what you get.
I started off with a 1/4 wave vertical, rolled out 1/4 wave of counterpoise connected up the Sark100 and ran a graph sitting about 20ft away - the Bluetooth connection to the tablet allows this. Keep the counterpoise +- 5’ off the ground or more. Then either wind back the counterpoise wire back onto the handle or wind it off according to what you see on the tablet. This will shift the frequency of the troughs. I ended up with a vertical that had me easily contacting all of South America and the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and even New Zealand with 100w about 4 years ago with almost no sunspot activity at the time. I guess you could look at trying to adjust the vertical length to keep it synchronized with the counterpoise length, as technically you would have an OCF antenna if they weren’t perfectly matched, but I didn’t bother and it worked really well. In my case I actually used a vertical that wasn’t quite 1/4 long and added a base coil which I adjusted based on looking at the Buddipole tables and seeing how many turns of the coil shortened the length of the slide/telescoping part of the antenna. Using the coil probably influenced the Q of the antenna and made the troughs sharper, but the Sark lets you put the trough exactly where you need it for the part of the bandwidth you are using. I also used an antenna tuner to tune out any final imperfections and it usually tuned these out within a second or two of pushing the tune button.
Here is a Sark display for a ZA6BKW antenna I am currently using to give you an idea of what they look like (cropped from a photo of the tablet screen). You can, of course, change the center frequency and frequency step values to zoom in to any portion of interest). Really easy to do once you have set it up. I did find changing these values a bit buggy - had to put a leading space in and make sure that the frequency range shown on the bottom of the screen actually changed...



Mark Allen
KK6AFD


> On Feb 28, 2021, at 8:13 AM, Chip via groups.io <n1mie=mac.com@groups.io> wrote:
>
> On Feb 28, 2021, at 05:47, David Wilcox <djwilcox01@...> wrote:
>>
>> Tuning a Buddipole without an antenna analyzer is cut and try and wastes a lot of time.  I have one and an analyzer tells me where I am in frequency, impedence and SWR.  Write down you results as a starting point the next time you use the antenna. The results will change with each different location.
>
> I have several antenna analyzers and am a big fan. My question was supposed to be about where to start and how to tune with the antenna tuner. Often my setup involves not having a radio available (not close enough) for the noise tune method. Besides, as stated I am not sure the noise tune method is possible with the shock cord whips.
>
>> The other side of the coin is what we did when Novices back in the 1960’s.  Just hook up a wire and transmit. I always made contacts even with lousy antennas (by today’s standards).  Some of us get too hung up on having everything perfect and get discouraged too easily.  Ignorance can be bliss.  Just tune for maximum noise and watch the SWR that it isn’t too high and play radio. There are a few sun spots these days and they are a hams friend.  The more the merrier.
>
> I believe I understand your point, but it assumes a level of naivety that I don’t have. Just blindly throwing something up and using it as long as the SWR is not bad enough to melt the finals can work but can also mean a tremendous loss of energy before it gets radiated.
>
> I’m not trying to over think this, but honestly I’ve been underutilizing my shock cord whip because I really don’t know how to get started. I use my standard Buddipole Deluxe and Buddistick setups without a problem. I have setting those up down pretty well.
>
> The other wrinkle I’ll throw in here is from a recent lesson I learned. I’d been playing with my Buddistick clipped to my porch railing. I got the setup down to a science. Then I got to WFD and threw up my design on my MastWerks 10m mast. Man was everything WAY WAY off. In hindsight it is obvious, but It caught me off guard. The result worked well, almost too well. My signal seemed to be blasting from CT to the far far west. I couldn’t seem to pickup anyone in the southeast as I usually do on 20m.
>
>
>
> 73,
> --de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn
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>
>
>
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