Just wanted to mention how my little KX3 keeps impressing me! We took the jeep up a rough old FS road to get us near W4G/HC-037 so we could hike the last little bit. The old fire tower is still there but slated for demolition. I set up the KX3 on a big rock facing down the powerline ROW. I attached the AX1 to the rig and laid the counterpoise off down the steep hill. I connected the rig to an external LiFePo battery so I could run all 15 watts. I spotted myself on 20 meters SSB and made a few calls when F4WBN came back and gave me a good signal report! I worked Kansas, New Hampshire, and Minnesota to name a few.
I also attached a 1/4 wave whip and counterpoise directly to the KX3 and held it over my head and made a few 2 meter FM contacts on 3 watts- one 5 counties away on another mountain top! My only disappointment was my little 7.5aHr battery that couldn't keep voltage high enough to run 15 watts and I ended up the day working with only 5 watts. It was still a good day in the woods - hiking and 4 wheeling! Hank K4HYJ ______________________________________________________________ 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
