Buddistick Experiments

The Buddistick is the vertical version of the Buddipole antenna system. Below is a picture of my Buddistick erected at Field Day '06 for use with my PSK31 station (I mounted it on a 5 foot section of PVC pipe guyed to the ground). Tune-up is simple enough in theory, just move the tap lead up and down the coil until you hear the signal to your receiver reach a maximum volume. Place a coil clip on that spot and check the SWR of the antenna. In practice, it is much easier to use an antenna analyzer (ie. MFJ 259B) to find the best tap position. For Field Day I set it up for 20 and 40 meters and achieved a good match on both bands.