Mini Whip.

[M1ZXZ]

With regards to the PA0RDT mini whip..

Does anybody use this.. wandering if it really does perform as well as it claims to be ?

I'me thinking about installing one on the chimney stack, well away from household noise etc.
Being an omnidirectional antenna, I'me thinking it may be worthwhile..

Radio World sell them for £99.00

Thanks..

[Admiral]

I have no idea.

But, if you're okay with an iron, why not build your own for a lot less than a ton?

http://www.schripsema.org/pa3hdf/projec ... _whip.html

[crusty]

With regards to the PA0RDT mini whip..

Does anybody use this.. wandering if it really does perform as well as it claims to be ?

I'me thinking about installing one on the chimney stack, well away from household noise etc.
Being an omnidirectional antenna, I'me thinking it may be worthwhile..

Radio World sell them for £99.00

Thanks..

In my experience they're noise magnets when used in built-up areas. Work well in electrically quiet locations away from buildings/houses. A T2FD or active wideband loop is much better choice unless you live in the countryside.

£99.00 is a rip-off. Its a very basic design with a low part count.

[gosman767]

There is a guy from Poland sells the pcbs including the power feed pcb on Ebay, I've just built one total cost inc waterproof enclosure about £15. Just need to get it up on a pole now...

[Admiral]

There is a guy from Poland sells the pcbs including the power feed pcb on Ebay, I've just built one total cost inc waterproof enclosure about £15. Just need to get it up on a pole now...

Any chance of a link please gosman? I searched for PA0RDT on eBay Poland and just got a load of Fiat spare parts.

For £15 I'd quite fancy a go at that, gotta be better to hang out of a hotel window than a telescopic.

[sideband]

If you want to experience on-line how the mini whip performs the webSDR at the University of Twente uses this aerial for VLF to just under 30 MHz coverage

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

[gosman767]

Hi it was on Ebay UK although it actually came from Czech republic (not Poland) try this search 'MINI-WHIP - Kurzwellenaktivantenne ab 10kHz -~30MHz - BAUSATZ KIT LAST' sellers ebay name is 'karezo' hope this helps!

[M1ZXZ]

For £15 build it yourself, sounds ok.. If they prove to be too noisy then better off losing £15 than £99.

Gosman767 - Can you post some details, height location etc, your thoughts on how it be performed.
Would be interested to know how you got on with it..

For £15 just might be worthwhile. Thanks..

[MrWeetabix]

For £15 build it yourself, sounds ok.. If they prove to be too noisy then better off losing £15 than £99.

Gosman767 - Can you post some details, height location etc, your thoughts on how it be performed.
Would be interested to know how you got on with it..

For £15 just might be worthwhile. Thanks..

Dont forget to take some pictures of the construction and write us a nice little review

[gosman767]

The construction was simple, circuit diagrams on the sellers website, all components pretty easily sourced, (i've some spares if anyone else has a go). Packaged in a piece of water pipe (I think) that I had in shed. Not got it up yet, just bought 3 fibreglass poles from a fishing place at a £5 each that fit into each other, going to try it in garden about 5 metres from house but it will only be about 5 metrs high see how it works against my long wire, just an experiment really.

[Turbo]

Hi bought the Paordt Mini Active Whip almost 1 year it does an excellent job on hf but it needs to be mounted high and a few metres away from the house im comparing it to my 3 dwellbrook active loops..

Regards Lino..