Thanks Don, I will try this next. On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > The easiest end fed antenna for portable use with those bands on the KX2/KX3 > comes from some experiments and experience of one of the KX2 field testers > (and an active SOTA ham). > Use a BNC to dual binding post (Pomona) adapter on the KX2/3. Connect a 58 > foot piece of wire to the red (center conductor) post, and a 23 foot > "counterpoise" wire to the black (shield) post. The counterpoise wire can > be run along the ground or laying on top of nearby bushes. > Tie a rock or other throwing item to the end of the 58 foot radiator and get > it up in the air - TUNE it and operate. > No balun, no fuss, and the wire rolls up into a small ball for transport. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > On 11/18/2017 4:34 PM, JT Croteau wrote: >> >> Friends, what would be a good end fed wire setup that will match well >> with the internal KX3 ATU and cover, hopefully, 80, 40, and 30 meters? >> >> I went out to my winter camp site, with two really tall pine trees, >> and tried to experiment with a 9:1 UNUN, 135' radiator, and 35' of >> RG8X. It was a total disaster. Best matches were on 20, 17, and 15 >> meters but only with 6.4:1 SWR. No match at all on the lower bands. >> With my two trees, the radiator made for a perfect inverted-L shape. >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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