Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Recommendations for the K3 ATU

2008-07-04 Thread Bob W9RFS
I am using a TW2010 by TW antennas. It is a five band, 10 thru 20 meter, compact vertical dipole. The antenna easily breaks down and stores in a three foot long travel bag and has many good reviews on eham. I think it is a good match with my K3 because it is very well made and very portable. perf

RE: [Elecraft] Antenna Recommendations for the K3 ATU

2008-07-04 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Jim, K9YC and David, G3UNA, offer excellent suggestions: get up a basic antenna! (I'm an open wire fan myself.) The two biggest mistakes I see among those trying to put up a basic antenna are: 1) Trying to use coaxial line at high SWRs. You can throw away most of your RF easily that way. 2) Us

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Recommendations for the K3 ATU

2008-07-04 Thread Jim Brown
On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:14:01 +0100, Allen J. Gawne wrote: >I'm setting up a station after many years absence from Amateur Radio There is NOTHING unique in the K3 with respect to how it works with antennas. It is simply a very excellent radio with a very good antenna tuner. I've been licensed f

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Recommendations for the K3 ATU

2008-07-04 Thread David Cutter
This is what I posted yesterday. You might look back in the Elecraft archives for similar postings from others: I do agree with Simon about verticals , if you are *close* to the wet, they will perform exceedingly well. My antenna is very simple, just wire. It's temporary, but works fine for

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Recommendations for the K3 ATU

2008-07-04 Thread Simon Brown (HB9DRV)
Allen, 1) Port Soderick - lovely location, I know it well. I am most envious. 2) I'm only using dipoles which are pretty resonant anyway, anything you can put up there should be fine. The K3's ATU matches very well. http://www.braddan.gov.im/gallery.aspx?GalleryID=2&PictureID=24 Were I at you