I went on several mountain biking/backpacking events way out in the boonies on top of a mountain ridge here on Oahu and the Big Island of Hawaii with my Yaesu FT817.  Lugging the Buddipole was a pain and made me think twice about brining it out ever again.  Yeah it's light but after 45 minutes of climbing uphill on a MTB, it weighs a ton plus being slung on my shoulder it flops back and forth irritating the heck out of me.  My last trip last July, I brought my LNR 20m end fed (think it was pre-LNR made by PAR Electronics) and it was like heaven.  The rig plus the antenna all fit inside my Camelbak MULE hydration pack and that's my plan for field day next week.

Wim, XU7TZG is very active.  You can email him for a sked and he's good at keeping that sked.  I even spoke with him via Skype until my account got hacked and had to shut it down.

I reload my own with my Dillon RL550B.

Maybe the Professor can't break away from romancing Ginger and modify that white radio to upload qsls into LOTW.  Just need more coconut cups and everyone stirring harder/faster.

Maybe "QSL You're also a 59" could be giving coordinates of our strategic bases.  5NN could be attack!  On the other hand, 5NN could be Playmate of the Month measurements.

QRMers = Meat Puppets

It looks like it's dead.  If the Cordell DXpeditioners were Eco-unfriendly, there would be plastic water bottles all over the island, beer bottles and spilled gasoline.  The left the island cleaner than before they arrived.  With all the trash floating around the Pacific Ocean, they are #1 Earth Friendly in my eyes.  Yes I love and hug trees when not dxing

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Use those yapper dogs as traps on a vertical and run legal limit through them see if your signal improves 

I hear ya, I'm in the same boat but knew about the HOA antenna restrictions - no ham antenna greater than 9 feet high and I have to apply for variance.  I have a zero five 29 ft multiband vertical on a fold over mount.  When in use (usually in the evening) it goes up and early morning before work I drop it.  Sometimes it's up all weekend.

Sure it'll work, just tie wrap the coax from the antenna to the ground every say 3-5 ft to avoid tangling with the flag rope.  I have my GP-1 leaning against the vinyl fence and it works very well.  Just imagine it on top of the flagpole, you could work the International Space Station with ease.

I'd use RG8X since it has lower loss than RG58 but not as bulky as RG8 or RG213.  IF you're going to have runs >100ft than you should use RG8 or RG213.

You could also solder it back together, use butt connectors and crimp them together or even tie them together.  I've done this many times with no affect on performance.

Nothing heard yet.  All I see are rumors on the Elecraft reflector.

Remotehams RCFORB Client/Server looks even easier

I have the Telepost LP100A and it's awesome.  Had it for 3 maybe 4 years now and still going strong and it even matches my K-Line!