I know this in not even close to optimal but it is the situation I am in. I am currently in a place where I have my buddypole mast going up through a metal grate at about 9 ft. the mast extends up the

I just recently bought a Mastwerk 10 meter mast. I'm wondering if anyone has generated a tuning table for the Buddipole in horizontal whip configuration using the standard coils, extra-long (32") ante

Hello All What do you all find the best elevated height for a vertical BP for the 20m band? I guess that my options are 0-20ft for the versatee. Its getting nice enough weather here in Michigan I migh

Download the "Knot Guide" app (for Iphone or Android). It illustrates 100's of knots including the one I use for tensioning Buddipole guy lines. One of the more useful apps I have. 73's Bill KØ

I’m considering ordering some Line-Loc Rope Tensioners for the Mast Guying Kit. They come is various sizes. Has anyone used these and would know which works with the line supplied by Buddipole with th

THE BUDDIPOLE CHALLENGE... since most of us are sheltered in here is an opportunity for some fun stuff: This weekend is the Ø7Ø CLUB 31 FLAVORS CONTEST The details of the contest are here: http://www.

Hello Everyone, I hope you are staying safe at home and enjoying the time to get on the radio. I have a question that may sound a little basic, but it would be great to get some feedback: Observation

For a quasi home base use how weather resistant are the coils for outdoor use? I would wrap the coax connector of course but what about the coils? Thanks. W3JJB

I have a home brew buddistick that is working well on 40 - 10 meters when the bands are open. I was wondering if anyone has tried using more that one radial with the buddistick and what your results w

This past weekend I had the opportunity to put my BP to a high power (100 watt) full duty cycle workout by doing the BARTG RTTY contest. For 20m and 40m I used a shallow vee dipole configuration at 19

I made a very simple and fast 2M antenna and I thought I would share it. The radiator is forty five inches long, and the counterpoise is about fourteen and a quarter inches long, YMMV. Better than the

Hi. Has anyone come up with a Buddistick flavor that works on 160M? Yes, I understand the inefficiency factor, narrow bandwidth, etc. There are times where a person can live with those constraints. I

Really enjoyed using the Buddipole 20M coil-less vertical over the ARRL DX phone weekend March 7-8. Operated very casually and made 22 QSOs to 4 continents including a few ATNOs. Antenna was configure

Hi Group. It was announced this week by the Dayton Amateur Radio Club that the 2020 Dayton Hamvention is now cancelled. It's a classic ham show that many ham's love to attend each year. The Buddipole

I’m a fairly new Ham and I enjoy portable operations. When I first got my portable HF rig I wanted a well designed, capable, easy to setup antenna so after seeing all the positive reviews purchased a

I read that there are vertical BP configurations for 160m. I could not find it myself. Tell me the options for such an antenna. Respectfully, R2ANG, Alex

Hello All; Over the years I have bought enough Buddipole parts (8 standard arms, tripod, 8’ mast,, extendable whips, TRSB, low band coil, VersaTee, Mast guying kit, etc) to build at one time two compl

I solved my earlier problem of replacing the 9-1/2’ extendable whip for my 20-meter full-size quarter wave vertical by using a five section 22” rigid shock cord whip. Works well. But when I unscrew th

I have two, like-new (used once only, for testing purposes; never used in the field or weather) Buddipole Low-Band Coils. They are in perfect condition, original packaging. They are $75 each (on the B

I voted for #2. I'm using the 10m Mastwerks product and the majority of the time prefer to operate it horizontally and up above 25 ft. I live in a rather high density small lot subdivision near an out