[Elecraft] Fascination of the KAT2

[Dave Gingrich K9DC]

At 18:36 9/1/2002 -0400, Tom wrote:
>Hi gang,
>
>I've been pretty pleased with the tuner also.  Can someone tell me if I
>should be using a balun if I'm just throwing a wire (#26 hookup) into a tree
>and running a counterpoise off of the ground lug.  If so what type.
>
>I can run some zip-speaker wire around a fairly large toroid that I have in
>the junk box, if that will do the trick.

No NO!  In the example you provided, the antenna begins at the back of the 
rig, i.e. no feedline.  The last thing you want in that type of antenna is 
any kind of a choke.


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Dave Gingrich, K9DC - Indianapolis, Indiana  USA
K2 #2211, K1 #931, QRP-L #2376, ARS #1109,
FPQRP #389, IRLP 473/573,  k9dc.ampr.org
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