[Elecraft] RE: KX1: "lasso" antenna worked best

[Bill Johnson (WR Johnson Consulting)]

Wayne, Thanks for the idea, sounds like a winner.  The house wire ground
will work very well also.  Am off to try now.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Burdick [mailto:n6kr@elecraft.com]=20
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 6:15 PM
To: wjohnson@dcwis.com
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: KX1: "lasso" antenna worked best

Bill,

I initially tried a true loop, but it didn't load as well as a "lasso"
(closed
loop with a single-wire tail running to the KX1's antenna jack). The =
room is
probably 14 x 15'. For a ground, I used a 12' piece of hookup wire, but =
I'm
thinking about trying the ground screw on a nearby AC outlet panel. (Do =
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