Re: [Elecraft] Re: [QRP-L] What antenna should I build?

2006-06-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
You need to use a tuner between your antenna and the radio to avoid the radio cutting back power to protect itself from high SWR. You might want to try measurements without the unknown balun. They might be better! Don't get hung up on the need for balun without trying without first. I did n

RE: [Elecraft] Re: [QRP-L] What antenna should I build?

2006-06-13 Thread Don Wilhelm
It looks like the KAT1 should be able to match it - have fun. 73, Don W3FPR > -Original Message- > > I only had 17' feet of ladder line, not the 30' I thought I had so > this antenna is probably extremely far from ideal. The overall > antenna is roughly 102' long in an inverted vee co