[Elecraft] Coax-Fed Antenna for KX1 with ATU

[Phil Wheeler]

I like using my KX1 in my living room, about 100 ft from my ham shack 
where all my existing HF antennas are fed.  I've tried various wires and 
they load well enough, but do not hear or get our at all well -- 
probably because they are not up in the air.

So I'd like to put up another (not too ambitious!) dedicated antenna for 
use with my KX1.  Criteria are:

o Coax fed: I have a coax line from the front porch thru the window sill 
now, and must route it around a doorway, etc. -- so ladderline is not an 
attractive option.

o Loadable with the KX1's ATU on 40-30-20 (this may be the tricky part).

o Possibly off center fed (location is at one end of my lot, making a 
symmetric antenna more difficult to locate)

o No convenient place for a vertical or anything which goes up like a 
Skelton (it would be right next to the HF beam on the roof)

I'm thinking of a Carolina Windom sort of antenna, perhaps commercial, a 
40-10 version.  But I have no clue whether the KX1 ATU has the range to 
load it on 40-30-20.  A short (51 ft) G5RV is another candidate I could 
accommodate, but do not know if the ATU will load that either..

So does anyone have experience using the KX1 with in-board ATU with 
either of the above antennas?  Any other suggestions for coax feed?

73, Phil


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