I often use the KX2 indoors with one of two temporary antennas: 1) A 3.9, 7.2, and 14.3_MHz 76' trapped and coil-shortened center-fed inverted-V (dipole) with a SOTAbeams 1:1/15W balun, pitched on a 10m MFJ "fishing pole", and terminated on some 6' wooden fence posts. This connects to my shack using a 75' length of RG58.
2) A 36' helical-wrapped vertical wire on that same "fishing pole", five random non-resonant radials varied between 12' and 33' long at 6 to 12 inches above the ground, and a SOTAbeams 4:1/15W balun. I use this on 7.0 through 29.7_MHz. This connects to my shack using a 35' length of RG-8x. With this setup I have worked 47 states and 3 Canadian provinces on JT65, and 8 states on SSB. I regularly check-in to a couple of multi-state public service nets on 75m as well. I also carry those same two antennas into the field for camping trips, but instead of RG58 or RG8x, I carry a 60' piece of RG174. Around the time of the recent solar eclipse, I made about 20 contacts in 3 hours from my campsite in Idaho outside Yellowstone N.P. with stations from the west coast all of the way to the Great Lakes region on 80m and 20m. When I used the KX2 with a Chameleon "P Loop" I was underwhelmed with the results. Steve, KC6ZKT, San Jose (CM97) On 11/30/17 8:22 AM, Paulette Quick wrote: > What is the experience of operators with the KX2 indoors. I am going to > start using a KX2 with a W4OP antenna and I am concerned about getting out a > signal. > Paulette WB9VHFMadison WI USA ______________________________________________________________ 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
