Wayne, When you operate mobile, do you use some sort of magnetic mount to support the whip? Also does the metal of the vehicle take the place of a counter poise?
Kevin KM4LTV Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse any spelling or grammar errors. > On Mar 29, 2016, at 9:44 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > > 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 km4...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
