I also have found that the Maldol whip is capable of making contacts. What I have done to solve the problem of possibly breaking the BNC from the board is to use a auto window mount I bought at HRO. I attach this either by a vice grip or clamp to the deck or table and run the coax to the KX1. Works great. Got St Croix and England using this setup.
Aron NN1F Bedford, NH FP#122 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Babineau Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:52 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas? Leigh L Klotz, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > The Maldol 20M whip is fine with a radial 10-16ft and a 1ft or so piece > of bus wire clipped to the top with an alligator clip, at any angle. I > worked Florida from Toronto on vacation twice with that antenna, acting > on Wayne N6KR's lead. Likewise, I have worked France with a similar setup from Maine, but ... as someone else mentioned one has to be very careful to avoid damaging the PCB as the BNC is directly mounted to the board. Martin, for portable operations you will have much better luck with a longer wire. The KXAT1 was optimized for the recommended 24 to 28 ft wire and will load this with a decent SWR and pretty good performance on 40M / 30M / 20M with a reasonable ground. This will give you better and more consistent performance than a short loaded whip. For bike mobile I would recommend that you try a Hamstick. They are cheap and on 20M especially, performance is not too bad. I have also had pretty good luck using a 14ft linear loaded wire attached to a 13 ft telescopic fishing pole for Pedestrian mobile operations with a 30ft trailing counterpoise wire. Michael VE3WMB _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
