Hi everyone, I just finished building my 3-band KX1 with the internal ATU. It sure is a great little rig! Today I did my first experiment with a quick-deploy field antenna. I had a 40-ft radiator thrown up into a tree, with 3 radials as a counterpoise. Most of the radiator was at about a 45-degree angle. The radials were cut at 1/4 wavelength - one for each band. The antenna system was connected to the rig through a BNC/binding posts connector. The internal ATU gave me an SWR on 30 and 40 meters of 1.7:1 and on 20 meters it was 1.1:1. I guess this is OK but the 1.7:1 matches showed a reduced output power and I would like to do better. I generally like the idea of this kind of antenna, but any and all suggestions that you might have would be very welcomed.
Thanks and 73, Paul – N8XMS _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
