On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:20:56 -0400, "Gary Smith" <g...@ka1j.com> wrote:
Gary, I would suggest using three inverted vee's all fed from the same coax. By feeding them with the same coax only the antenna that is resonant on the transmit frequency will radiate and the K3 internal tuner can handle the tuning of them so you can work each band on CW and SSB. You could use your spud gun to launch the suspension cord (3/16 nylon works really good and will support all 3 inverted vee's. I used this arrangement for several years after I was first licensed in 1976. and lived on a city lot. Try it you'll like it! Tom, N5GE K3 #806 with SUB RX, PR6, KRC2 and K144XV K3 #1055 with PR6 and XV432 W1, 2 W2's and other small kits QCWA Life Member 35102 n...@n5ge.com http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net >I have the internal tuner in my K3 and want to be able to put up a >wire antenna that can be assembled in minutes for both FD and public >event locations. I used to have a Mor-Gain antenna & while it wasn't >a great performer, it would have been fine for this use. Danged if I >can find it though, I must have lent it out & never got it back. > >I've thought to use my spud gun to send a random wire over a tree top >& have a counterpoise wire on the ground, using the K3's ATU to match >the wire to the band. The goal would be to cover 80-20 meters. Above >20 would be nice but there's not much activity there and I'd like to >be able to demonstrate Ham Radio. > >Any suggestions on something else that is convenient and works well >would be appreciated. > >Thanks > >Gary >KA1J >______________________________________________________________ >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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
