A wire laying on the ground will have more capacitive loading and will electrically longer, so it can be shorter than a 1/4 wave.
But all this depends on lots of assumptions, so just throw some wire out there and have fun. One common "random" length is a 26' foot wire in the air and a 16' wire on the ground. wunder K6WRU http://observer.wunderwood.org/ On May 22, 2014, at 6:27 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Joshua, > > You will want to use 2 - 1/4 wavelength wires - one for the radiator and the > other for a counterpoise. > It may "work" with just the radiator wire, but then the 'counterpoise' will > be the case of the transceiver and your body and anywhere else the RF return > path thinks it needs to be. With the counterpoise wire in place, that > provides the RF return path and eliminates changes in tuning (SWR variation) > depending on where you position the transceiver and your body. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 5/22/2014 7:52 PM, Joshua Gould wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I have yet another question... I've decided that I'm going to get the KX3, >> KXAT3, and the MH3 and am trying to now nail down the other options that I >> will purchase, vs what I will add at a later date. >> >> One of the things I'm looking at is the Stackable binding posts. The way I >> read this is that I can just use a random length wire (provided that it is >> a 1/4 wavelength on some band), hook it to the radio and just get on the >> air... >> >> Is that an apt description of what this adaptor is for? >> >> I would like to thank the group for answering my questions, and helping me >> in my decision making. >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
