Hi Gerry, If I'm using the rig HT-style (/PM, or pedestrian mobile), I just connect the whip directly. The KX3's BNC connector is rigidly attached to the right side panel, with a D-shaped bushing so it can't rotate, and a flexible wire from the BNC's hot lead to the PCB. So you won't hurt anything by doing this. Any 48" long telescoping whip with a base loading coil and BNC will work, though as I mentioned, I'm partial to the MFJ 18xxT series.
For picnic-table-syle operation, I've been using the whip with a tiny home-made tripod. It has two female BNCs: one at the top for the whip, the other at the bottom at a right angle so it can attach directly to the radio. The radio connection can use either a double-male BNC adapter or a length of coax. The height is adjustable to match the height of the BNC on the radio. The tripod has three legs that fold up and out of the way, resulting in a unit that's less than 6" long and 1" in diameter. Weights only a few ounces. If anyone besides me is interested in the tripod, maybe we'll make it into an Elecraft product :) 73, Wayne N6KR Gerry leary <gerrylear...@icloud.com> wrote: > How do you support the whip when you connected to the radio? ______________________________________________________________ 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
