[Elecraft] Random Wire???

Tue Jan 7 21:07:03 2003

"Hell all"???  Opps!

In the past I have used both 100' and 60' sections of random wire.  Used
the same wire for lamps [2 conductor] and got the 100' length.  Split
the wire into two sections [ant/ counterpoise].  Then used MFJ tuner
with the 4:1 balun and was cooking.

At this length gives you some room for creative antenna layouts, roof,
trees, bushes, what ever is handy.  The 60' length.  I found this a
handy setup while traveling.  

Chuck
http://68.43.100.7:81/aa8vs

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Subject: [Elecraft] Random Wire???

Hell All:

I have my K2 all built and ready to go.  Now the hard part, I have to
figure a 
way to run an antenna.

My question is how do I connect a random wire type antenna to my K2?

If I use a random wire antenna do I HAVE to have an antenna tuner?

What is the best type of wire to use?

I saw a post on a message board where someone posted, "It is a 35 foot
piece of 
Radio Shack white wire wrap wire tossed into a 25 foot high tree (the
tallest 
thing I could find) threaded"  

How would I connect such an antenna?

Thanks,
David, KG6MTI

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