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> On Nov 16, 2018, at 8:04 PM, Tom Dooley <tjdoo...@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Wayne.  I would be in for this product for all of the above reasons. 
> 
> Thanks for all you and Elecraft does for our hobby.
> 
> 73
> 
> Tom
> K4TJD 
> 
>> On November 16, 2018 8:58:33 PM EST, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Sometimes the bands normally covered by the AX1 just aren't open
>> (20/17/15 meters), yet 40 meters has all sorts of activity. Like
>> tonight, at my QTH. 40 m is also a great local/emergency band, with
>> many active regional nets.
>> 
>> For such times, we may offer an extender for the AX1 that moves the 20
>> meter resonance down to 40 meters. 
>> 
>> A significant amount of additional inductance is required. The ATU
>> built into the KX2 or KX3 provides any needed fine-tuning to
>> efficiently cover the entire band, despite the unavoidably narrow-band
>> nature of a short whip.
>> 
>> I whipped up a prototype of the hypothetical "AXE1" this afternoon and
>> had excellent on-air results. Tests were done in my back yard,
>> featuring hard-packed soil and brown unwatered grass...in keeping with
>> our legendary drought. With one call each I bagged British Columbia and
>> Colorado. Both stations were peaking S-9, and both gave me reports in
>> the S-5 range. 
>> 
>> This brings up an important caveat: a short whip is not the optimal
>> antenna on 40 meters by any stretch, so calling strong stations is a
>> good strategy. They could be strong due to propagation, good antennas,
>> or high power, and two out of these three aid both ends of the QSO.
>> 
>> The extender would be about 6" long and 1/2" in diameter. (Even a small
>> amount of added length helps on 40 meters.) It threads into place
>> between the AX1's whip and base, and adds just 1.8 ounces of weight,
>> still consistent with hand-held use of the KX2.
>> 
>> Equally important, for those of us who travel light, the extender --
>> plus a counterpoise wire for 40 m -- fits comfortably into our smallest
>> bag, the CS40, along with the AX1 and an AXB1 whip bipod.
>> 
>> (In answer to the inevitable question: it *might* also work on 30
>> meters in a pinch, with an ATU, but efficiency would be lower.)
>> 
>> If you'd be interested in AX1 use on 40 meters, please email me
>> directly. I won't necessarily be able to respond, but this will help us
>> gauge interest. We'll keep a list for possible early announcement.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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