And thank you for getting outdoors to operate, Dan. That's the real reason for the AX line :)
73, Wayne N6KR > On Sep 24, 2022, at 10:09 PM, Dan Presley <n7...@arrl.net> wrote: > > All this discussion about the antenna caused me to carve out a little time > this afternoon to go to a suburban summit. Perfect setting for the AX1 as > there’s no good trees and since it’s also somewhat of a park -wires around > and in the air are frowned on. Also with limited time a quick setup and tear > down is important. My usual setup is a small lightweight tripod (light stand) > that goes to 6 feet and elevated radials (3 13’). I have alligator clips on > the end of the radials for easy attachment to anything like some grass or a > shrub. ATU in the KX2 hardly ‘clicked’ for a match. In 45 minutes I worked > 22 stations (12 states),Japan and 4 ‘S2S’-summit to summit contacts on 20 and > 15 M CW 5 watts. Best report was 599 from OK..almost pulled off an S2S with > JH3PLL. Kept asking ‘N7??’ but we couldn’t quite pull it off. And everything > except the tripod packs into a small LowePro bag. Summit W7O/WV-099 if you > follow that. Thanks for a great product Wayne. > > > Dan Presley 503-701-3871 > danpresley@me. com > n7...@arrl.net > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
