Re: [Elecraft] K3 FD multi band antenna

size. Below that things get very rough for tuners and feedlines. 73 Tom - Original Message - From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com To: g...@ka1j.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 FD multi band antenna Gary, For 80

Re: [Elecraft] K3 FD multi band antenna

with the K3's ATU. 73 George...WA1NTA -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Smith Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:21 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 FD multi band antenna I have the internal

[Elecraft] K3 FD multi band antenna

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

Re: [Elecraft] K3 FD multi band antenna

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

Re: [Elecraft] K3 FD multi band antenna

Gary, For 80 thru 20 meter operation, I would advocate an 88 foot dipole. 44 feet on each side and fed with either 300 or 450 ohm ladder line (use 300 ohm for portable because it is lighter). A push-up pole will allow that antenna to be erected in minutes - The feedline and center of the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 FD multi band antenna

Gary I am always portable and for a quick antenna when portable, if you have a vehicle mounted antenna with RG8/59 connected to it, just remove the antenna and attach a long wire and throw that up into the trees...the K3 ATU handles mine just fine..80-10M. My 2 cents worth, keep the change mate!