I decided to set up portable in the garden to test the new Buddipole antenna I got for Christmas. I was navigating the 20M band for contacts when on 14.200MHz up pops YT1E near Belgrade. I was able to work him and got a 5/9 report off him. Top! The Buddipole works. It works really well!! I tuned around a bit more and was just contemplating a change to another band when the wind tipped it over. Darn!! It's bust one of the whip antenna and so ended the fun for the day. I have ordered replacement whips from Buddipole in the USA, in tactical black this time though at a V.reasonable $12.00, but have learnt a valuable lesson... Always guy your antenna, or anything else that can wave about in the wind for that matter!
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