Probably it will work. A 50 or 75 ohm feed line would be a better choice for this antenna. I have had good results over the years with feeding a dual inverted vee, one vee cut for 75 or 80 meters and one cut for 40 meters. It will load well on about 100 to 150 khz of 80, all of 40, all of 15 and most of 10 meters. It doesn't load well on 20 and only fair on 17 and 12, but is a pretty good antenna. It doesn't need a tuner at all on 80, 40, 15 and 10, but an automatic tuner will get the other bands easily. You will need a separate dipole for good results on 20 meters. Touching a branch probably will not kill the antenna, but may cause some noise, especially in rainy weather.
Cookie, K5EWJ --- Jim's mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a test message and a question. If the > message gets through, that > part works fine. Now for the question: My current > QTH is a city lot that > has several large oak trees in the back yard. The > trees have been there > over 30 or 40 years and I will not be able to do > much more than trim a very > few limbs that get too close to other structures. > My HF antenna at present > is an inverted V configuration hung from one of the > trees at about 40 feet > off the ground (also the yard is not level, there > are several slopes) and > the end points tied to another tree on one side of > the yard and a fence on > the other side. The antenna was cut for 40 meters. > The feed line is an > unknown length of 300 ohm television twin lead > coming into the attic then > through a closet to the radio. My current radio > (not an Elecraft) has an > MFJ-941B tuner between the antenna connection and > the actual feed line. > > Would the K2 with an internal ATU be able to work > with this antenna/feed > line combination? > > Thank you, > Jim KD5VXH > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
