I am feeding it with about 80 ft of coax. Barry I would never dream of asking
for the "secret recipe"!😜
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 21, 2016, at 2:28 PM, Barry LaZar wrote:
>
> SSB at QRP levels can be a bit challenging. I do have a KXPA100 and use it.
> However, I only run QRP seriously for Field Day with a group who are doing
> the same with KX3s. We do very well at 5 Watts, but we do have a few acres of
> antennas. I have found two things that make a very big difference, antenna
> height and minimizing antenna system loses.
>
> You say you are running a fan dipole. You don't say what you are feeding it
> with or how long your feed line is. I have a dipole up 40 feet and feed it
> with open wire to a good 4:1 current balun where I transition to LMR-400 to
> come into the house. You may not need a 4:1 balun for a fan dipole, but a
> good 1:1 balun. And, this is only needed if you have a fairly long run or
> want to extract the very last milliwatt out of your system. I would tell you
> what we do for Field Day, the extremes we take, but that would give away our
> competitive secret. ;-)
>
> 73,
> Barry
> K3NDM
>
>
>
> -- Original Message --
> From: "Eballina"
> To: "Barry LaZar"
> Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Sent: 6/21/2016 2:12:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100- How impactful to making contacts?
>
>> Thanks Barry, up about 30 feetr al top of
>> of inverted V. Ends of antenna up about 25 ft. SSB phone preferred but did
>> pick up PSK31 Signalink but prefer voice.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jun 21, 2016, at 1:54 PM, Barry LaZar wrote:
>>>
>>> You don't say how high your antenna is or what modes you are using.
>>> However, If you aren't already there, I would get my antenna up at least
>>> about 35 feet, 60 feet would surely be better. At QRP power levels, I would
>>> focus on CW or PSK31, or one of the other weak signal modes. The exception
>>> is 10 or 15 meters where anything that can be radiated seems to work. The
>>> problem is 10 and 15 aren't open all the time meaning you are going to need
>>> to do a lot of listening on these bands if you want to be successful. There
>>> is a trick you might want to employ, using the beacons that are there and
>>> knowing their schedule. Just leave your receiver on on one of them, and
>>> when you hear it, you know the band is open to that part of the world.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Barry
>>> K3NDM
>>>
>>> -- Original Message --
>>> From: "Road Runner"
>>> To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
>>> Sent: 6/21/2016 1:08:06 PM
>>> Subject: [Elecraft] KXPA100- How impactful to making contacts?
>>>
>>>> Have had my KX3 for a couple of weeks and love it. Biggest issue I have is
>>>> even at 15 watts, unless conditions are right, I am having issues making
>>>> DX contacts. The KX3 is connected to an Alpha Delta 80-6 meter fan dipole.
>>>> I have been thinking about getting the KXPA 100 but wonder whether it will
>>>> be enough of a bang for the buck. I use this at a summer cottage, at home
>>>> I started with a Kenwood Ts-590SG and eventually upgraded the rig with an
>>>> Ameritron 811H to get more punch. I have no problems getting picked out of
>>>> pileup so now...
>>>> So my question is for those of you that have gone the upgrade path to
>>>> KXPA100... Did you get enough punch or are you wishing you had gone with
>>>> more power? I am not really too crazy about going all the way to the
>>>> KPA500...
>>>>
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