In 1940 an egg was hatched out and a Bud came out ... like the beer Happy (mumble mumble) Birthday to the person who made the 1st Buddipole W3FF - Bud Drummond Digi/Paul KB9AVO

For three years my Buddipole worked like a charm (mounted on balcony+painters pole---permanently outside)) Worked DX all over the world. After a couple of months of non use it stopped working (infinit

Hello Newbie question, so i downloaded some of the cheat sheets and the deluxe super sheet to set up for 40, the settings didn't work it was too long or short with a tiny passband below 2. what i foun

Hi all, I was wondering if it possible to use my Buddipole as a vertical antenna like the Buddistick ?. If so what extra items will i need to order or make ?. 73 Terry G4UEM

Hi Group. David KI6AWR just uploaded three excellent files to the files section. They are really 'must read' files on Buddipole components. Be sure to give them a look. Dan WZ1P Moderator.

I apologize in advance for my obvious stupidity. I have the guying kit that comes with the Buddipole Deluxe and have been struggling with the best way to "tension" the guy lines. Typically, I place th

Is it possible to use a 500 watt amplifier with the Buddipole if I am only using SSB Mode on 20 Meters. Thanks for anticipated replies. Guy, WA1GS

Dear all, I have used, for a few years now, my Buddipole VersaTee, arms and whips configured as a tri-band L-antenna using the antennas-in-parallel principle. I normally use the Buddipole as my base s

Prior to obtaining the TRSB I had used a choke balun (4 turns, about 6 in diameter, of LMR400 low loss coax) on a number of my setups. I never took the choke balun apart and am using both the TRSB and

Newbie here any help with seeking up on 80m and getting above the floor noise. I made a contact but he could barely hear me about the static noise the only way he was able to get me was through a thir

Hello Buddipole for 6m has whips only and 4.5 Sections out each side. For 2m it is 1 section + 2"(total 15") each side. What about airband 118-136 MHz ? Is there any formula to calculate length to mak

Does any one have a tap point for 20m on the Mini Coil with the standard whip or longer whip? Tks John VE3IPS

Everyone, Several weeks ago I posted some pictures of the support and guy rope connector I made for my vertical setups. The homebrew part provides guy rope connections at the point where the long whip

Hello to all of you, Just begining to use my budipole de luxe with Standard Telescopic Whip. 1) Is ther any advantage to buy Long Telescopic Whip for 40, 20 and lower.???? 2) if it is the case how sha

CALLING FOR YOUR RESULTS OF THE FIELD DAY 2020 BUDDIPOLE CHALLENGE Please send your results to: N8GU@... Please send the following information: Your name; your callsign; your total QSO count using the

Announcing the results of the 2020 Field Day Buddipole Challenge: Regardless of how many QSOs you made I am sure you had fun. Many of you sent me photos and stories with your entries. Please take the

Is it possible to configure the Buddipole system to create a beam/Yagi antenna for 20 m. ‘73. Guy Smiley Guy I. Smiley, Esq Smiley & Smiley, LLP 122 East 42nd Street Suite 3900 New York, NY 10168 (212

FINAL CALL FOR YOUR ENTRY OF THE FIELD DAY 2020 BUDDIPOLE CHALLENGE due by Sunday, July 5th. So far I have over thirty entries. If you submitted an entry and did not receive a certificate then please

Hello to the group………. I have two basic questions: If I install the red coil on vertical setups, but set the tap at 1, ….. am I essentially bypassing the coil to a major degree? The reason for the que

I just got a BP Long Deluxe kit but with 32" accessory arms instead of 22" ones. Trying to figure out the coil tap and whip settings for each band using an antenna analyzer has been pretty slow going