[Elecraft] K1 End-Fed Wire Antenna Recommendations

Sat Sep 28 09:36:01 2002

Alan,

Get a BNC to binder post adapter (Radio Shack, though others have better =
quality) to connect your wire to the K1. Grab 85-ft of stranded hook-up w=
ire, connect that to the RED terminal. Get another 17-ft of wire and conn=
ect that to the BLACK terminal. You now have a W3EDP (ref: RSGB - Practic=
al Wire Antennas). Play with the counterpoise (17-ft wire), that is try i=
t connected and disconnected to find which works better for a given band.=
 Throw the 85-ft wire out of the window and string it up into a tree or s=
omething. Run the counterpoise around the floor or baseboard. Simple and =
effective, though if you have the KAT1 installed it will tune just about =
anything (I've used my house gutter ;-). See you on the bands!

Cheers,
Colin
N=D8YGY
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----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Beckett
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 End-Fed Wire Antenna Recommendations
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Just finished #1265 and wanted some recommendations on the best way to
hook up an end-fed wire antenna directly to the BNC connector.  Any
suggestions?

Alan

KL1HC

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