I think it was Eric who wrote a bit ago that an 84 foot wire could be matched on 160 to 10 meters. If I select that length for my KX3 kit, will I need a separate Counterpoise for each of these bands?
73 Gary KJ7RT Sent from my iPad On Jun 27, 2012, at 13:10, Mike WA8BXN <hubb...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Scott --- > > A true random wire antenna is the length of wire you can fit between your > end supports. You insulate the ends, and a wire goes from the near end of > the random wire to the tuner. A ground on the tuner will be useful. > Now, if you want to pick a length for all the wire you will be using (but it > will then not be "random") try to avoid any length that will be a half wave > or multiple of a half wave on any frequency of interest. Here is one web > site that addresses the issue: > http://www.hamuniverse.com/randomwireantennalengths.html > > A Google search for random length antenna will reveal many other sources of > information. > > 73 - Mike WA8BXN > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Scott Graham > Date: 6/27/2012 3:28:52 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] "random wire" and the KX3 ATU > > Hello everyone. > > I've seen a lot of traffic on the "random wire" topic. Does anyone > have a link to a website or an excellent design for a "random wire" > that will at least do all bands 40m up (40-10)? Please drop me an > email if you have any information on a good wire design. > > Thanks, > Scott - n0nuf > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
