84' with 17' counterpoise = W3EDP, not an oddball thingy! Bill af4b
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 20, 2016, at 1:56 PM, Detrick Merz <detr...@merzhaus.org> wrote: > > Results are in! > > Test #1: dummy load connected directly to the antenna analyzer > Result: 1:1 SWR > > Test #2: dummy to PL259 barrel to coax to antenna analyzer > Result: 1:1 SWR > > The coax ain't bad. > > The "odd ball thingy" is an 84' "random wire" with a 17' counterpoise. The > use of coax was an attempt to separate our antennas a bit more than we had > done during FD, since we had experienced a bit of interference from each > other. No interference for the NPOTA activation so maybe the separation > helped something. > > I think I (still) like that K1 almost as much as Kev likes his KX3. > > -detrick > KI4STU > >> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Kevin - K4VD <ke...@k4vd.net> wrote: >> >> Detrick (KI4STU) with his K1 and I with the KX3 took off work on Monday and >> headed up to Dickey Ridge on Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park >> (NP51). We were both on battery power. CW was the mode of choice. The >> antennas were end-fed - Detrick's some odd-ball thingy and mine an LNR >> EF-40/20 (no counterpoise). Basically the same setup we used on FD but >> trimmed down significantly for mobility and quick setup. >> >> We were able to activate NP51 with 12 CW QSOs in about 2 hours. >> >> There were some tricky parts. >> >> The end-fed thingy Detrick had would not tune until we swapped out the >> coax. The guess is either the original coax is bad or the length of the >> coax was contributing to the high SWR. Waiting to find out the results. >> Detrick normally runs the antenna directly to binding posts. >> >> Checking the weather in the morning it all looked clear. Then came the >> dangerous wind and hail alerts and it was all we could do to get everything >> back to the cars before the downpour. Weather changes quick! >> >> I uploaded the QSLs to LoTW and hope I did it right, creating a new >> location for the park. eQSL is all kinds of messed up but I'm losing my >> patience with that service anyway. I'm not sure if I should expect >> something back from the ARRL concerning the activation or just assume all >> went well. >> >> GNATS, GNATS and damn GNATS! >> >> Then we went to Spelunkers for some Cavern Burgers and all was good in the >> world again. >> >> I'm absolutely enjoying the KX3. My go-bag is a little Nikon camera bag >> containing the KX3 with side panels and cover, Begali Adventure paddles, >> mic (unused), EF-40/20 antenna, Sony in-ear phones, spool of mason line, >> short coax, mini-log and notepad, pen, pencil, 15Ah LiFePO4 (not used for >> this trip). There's also copy of my license in a pouch. It is freedom in a >> bag. >> >> Next trip... bug spray. >> >> To top off the good news, our new little crew - Barred Owl Radio Club >> (BORC) was just issued W4OWL. We named our group for the fledgling begging >> call that kept us away all night on FD (yep, we slept). You can find that >> wonderful sound of nature right here: >> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/sounds. Scroll on down to >> the bottom for pure listening enjoyment. If you don't get the impression >> of a spike being driven into your ears you don't have the volume high >> enough. >> >> 73, >> Kev K4VD >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 detr...@merzhaus.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 a...@att.net ______________________________________________________________ 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
