Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
How about another AX for 15, 10, 6 meters? 73,JohnNL7VE Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 6:42 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Hi all, We're still exploring ways to add 40 meters to the AX1. There are various trade-offs (size, weight, efficiency, bandwidth, ease of tuning, etc.). Once we have something we know will satisfy our requirements, you'll hear about it here first. Meanwhile, I recommend a wire tossed in a tree, preferably one that follows you around as you hike :) Thanks for your ongoing interest in our antenna products, and keep those ideas coming. 73, Wayne N6KR > On Mar 28, 2019, at 7:04 PM, Steve via Elecraft > wrote: > > I really would like a quality antenna to go with my KX3. I use 20 and 40 > meters as my main bands. The AXE1 antenna with a 40 meter "extender" would be > on the way to me as soon as it could be made available. I'm now in a > restricted area with regard to antennas and am doing a bit of portable > operations. Not so bad now winter is coming to an end. Steve kb1chu > > On 3/28/2019 3:34 PM, kd1ct wrote: >> I would be interested in the extender piece for the AX1 for 40 meters. >> Very useful for SOTA work. >> Thanks, >> Bob (KD1CT) >> __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
Hi all, We're still exploring ways to add 40 meters to the AX1. There are various trade-offs (size, weight, efficiency, bandwidth, ease of tuning, etc.). Once we have something we know will satisfy our requirements, you'll hear about it here first. Meanwhile, I recommend a wire tossed in a tree, preferably one that follows you around as you hike :) Thanks for your ongoing interest in our antenna products, and keep those ideas coming. 73, Wayne N6KR > On Mar 28, 2019, at 7:04 PM, Steve via Elecraft > wrote: > > I really would like a quality antenna to go with my KX3. I use 20 and 40 > meters as my main bands. The AXE1 antenna with a 40 meter "extender" would be > on the way to me as soon as it could be made available. I'm now in a > restricted area with regard to antennas and am doing a bit of portable > operations. Not so bad now winter is coming to an end. Steve kb1chu > > On 3/28/2019 3:34 PM, kd1ct wrote: >> I would be interested in the extender piece for the AX1 for 40 meters. >> Very useful for SOTA work. >> Thanks, >> Bob (KD1CT) >> __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
I really would like a quality antenna to go with my KX3. I use 20 and 40 meters as my main bands. The AXE1 antenna with a 40 meter "extender" would be on the way to me as soon as it could be made available. I'm now in a restricted area with regard to antennas and am doing a bit of portable operations. Not so bad now winter is coming to an end. Steve kb1chu On 3/28/2019 3:34 PM, kd1ct wrote: I would be interested in the extender piece for the AX1 for 40 meters. Very useful for SOTA work. Thanks, Bob (KD1CT) -- Sent from:http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
Absolutely interested!! > On Mar 28, 2019, at 3:34 PM, kd1ct wrote: > > I would be interested in the extender piece for the AX1 for 40 meters. > Very useful for SOTA work. > Thanks, > Bob (KD1CT) > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
I would be interested in the extender piece for the AX1 for 40 meters. Very useful for SOTA work. Thanks, Bob (KD1CT) -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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
Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
Thanks for Wayne, I would be differently interested. Take my KX3 stuff in my RV and this would definitely be a great addition. - 73 John N0IB KX3 #7432 PX3 #1114 -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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
Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
Wayne, Are you thinking the 40 m extender would be an add-on? I’m close to ordering an AX1 — should I wait for 40, or is it safe to buy now and add 40 later? Peter W0LLN On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 7:59 PM Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi all, > > Sometimes the bands normally covered by the AX1 just aren't open (20/17/15 > meters), yet 40 meters has all sorts of activity. Like tonight, at my QTH. > 40 m is also a great local/emergency band, with many active regional nets. > > For such times, we may offer an extender for the AX1 that moves the 20 > meter resonance down to 40 meters. > > A significant amount of additional inductance is required. The ATU built > into the KX2 or KX3 provides any needed fine-tuning to efficiently cover > the entire band, despite the unavoidably narrow-band nature of a short whip. > > I whipped up a prototype of the hypothetical "AXE1" this afternoon and had > excellent on-air results. Tests were done in my back yard, featuring > hard-packed soil and brown unwatered grass...in keeping with our legendary > drought. With one call each I bagged British Columbia and Colorado. Both > stations were peaking S-9, and both gave me reports in the S-5 range. > > This brings up an important caveat: a short whip is not the optimal > antenna on 40 meters by any stretch, so calling strong stations is a good > strategy. They could be strong due to propagation, good antennas, or high > power, and two out of these three aid both ends of the QSO. > > The extender would be about 6" long and 1/2" in diameter. (Even a small > amount of added length helps on 40 meters.) It threads into place between > the AX1's whip and base, and adds just 1.8 ounces of weight, still > consistent with hand-held use of the KX2. > > Equally important, for those of us who travel light, the extender -- plus > a counterpoise wire for 40 m -- fits comfortably into our smallest bag, the > CS40, along with the AX1 and an AXB1 whip bipod. > > (In answer to the inevitable question: it *might* also work on 30 meters > in a pinch, with an ATU, but efficiency would be lower.) > > If you'd be interested in AX1 use on 40 meters, please email me directly. > I won't necessarily be able to respond, but this will help us gauge > interest. We'll keep a list for possible early announcement. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > > > > > __ > 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 peter.wol...@gmail.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
Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
yes I would be very interested in this 73 peter ve3so cw for ever __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
Send this directly to Wayne Chuck KE9UW Sent from my iPhone, cjack > On Nov 16, 2018, at 8:04 PM, Tom Dooley wrote: > > Hi Wayne. I would be in for this product for all of the above reasons. > > Thanks for all you and Elecraft does for our hobby. > > 73 > > Tom > K4TJD > >> On November 16, 2018 8:58:33 PM EST, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Sometimes the bands normally covered by the AX1 just aren't open >> (20/17/15 meters), yet 40 meters has all sorts of activity. Like >> tonight, at my QTH. 40 m is also a great local/emergency band, with >> many active regional nets. >> >> For such times, we may offer an extender for the AX1 that moves the 20 >> meter resonance down to 40 meters. >> >> A significant amount of additional inductance is required. The ATU >> built into the KX2 or KX3 provides any needed fine-tuning to >> efficiently cover the entire band, despite the unavoidably narrow-band >> nature of a short whip. >> >> I whipped up a prototype of the hypothetical "AXE1" this afternoon and >> had excellent on-air results. Tests were done in my back yard, >> featuring hard-packed soil and brown unwatered grass...in keeping with >> our legendary drought. With one call each I bagged British Columbia and >> Colorado. Both stations were peaking S-9, and both gave me reports in >> the S-5 range. >> >> This brings up an important caveat: a short whip is not the optimal >> antenna on 40 meters by any stretch, so calling strong stations is a >> good strategy. They could be strong due to propagation, good antennas, >> or high power, and two out of these three aid both ends of the QSO. >> >> The extender would be about 6" long and 1/2" in diameter. (Even a small >> amount of added length helps on 40 meters.) It threads into place >> between the AX1's whip and base, and adds just 1.8 ounces of weight, >> still consistent with hand-held use of the KX2. >> >> Equally important, for those of us who travel light, the extender -- >> plus a counterpoise wire for 40 m -- fits comfortably into our smallest >> bag, the CS40, along with the AX1 and an AXB1 whip bipod. >> >> (In answer to the inevitable question: it *might* also work on 30 >> meters in a pinch, with an ATU, but efficiency would be lower.) >> >> If you'd be interested in AX1 use on 40 meters, please email me >> directly. I won't necessarily be able to respond, but this will help us >> gauge interest. We'll keep a list for possible early announcement. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __ >> 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 tjdoo...@comcast.net > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > __ > 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 c-haw...@illinois.edu __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] AX1 may add 40 meter coverage with "AXE1" extender
Hi Wayne. I would be in for this product for all of the above reasons. Thanks for all you and Elecraft does for our hobby. 73 Tom K4TJD On November 16, 2018 8:58:33 PM EST, Wayne Burdick wrote: >Hi all, > >Sometimes the bands normally covered by the AX1 just aren't open >(20/17/15 meters), yet 40 meters has all sorts of activity. Like >tonight, at my QTH. 40 m is also a great local/emergency band, with >many active regional nets. > >For such times, we may offer an extender for the AX1 that moves the 20 >meter resonance down to 40 meters. > >A significant amount of additional inductance is required. The ATU >built into the KX2 or KX3 provides any needed fine-tuning to >efficiently cover the entire band, despite the unavoidably narrow-band >nature of a short whip. > >I whipped up a prototype of the hypothetical "AXE1" this afternoon and >had excellent on-air results. Tests were done in my back yard, >featuring hard-packed soil and brown unwatered grass...in keeping with >our legendary drought. With one call each I bagged British Columbia and >Colorado. Both stations were peaking S-9, and both gave me reports in >the S-5 range. > >This brings up an important caveat: a short whip is not the optimal >antenna on 40 meters by any stretch, so calling strong stations is a >good strategy. They could be strong due to propagation, good antennas, >or high power, and two out of these three aid both ends of the QSO. > >The extender would be about 6" long and 1/2" in diameter. (Even a small >amount of added length helps on 40 meters.) It threads into place >between the AX1's whip and base, and adds just 1.8 ounces of weight, >still consistent with hand-held use of the KX2. > >Equally important, for those of us who travel light, the extender -- >plus a counterpoise wire for 40 m -- fits comfortably into our smallest >bag, the CS40, along with the AX1 and an AXB1 whip bipod. > >(In answer to the inevitable question: it *might* also work on 30 >meters in a pinch, with an ATU, but efficiency would be lower.) > >If you'd be interested in AX1 use on 40 meters, please email me >directly. I won't necessarily be able to respond, but this will help us >gauge interest. We'll keep a list for possible early announcement. > >73, >Wayne >N6KR > > > > > > > >__ >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 tjdoo...@comcast.net -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. __ 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
