[Elecraft] ELEPRODUCT POLL (WAS Any advice on the OHR WM-2QRPwattmeter?)

[Sandy W5TVW]

Considering the power level of the K1, every short vertical combination I have tried
gave rather dismal performance with a lot to be desired.  You can do a lot with
a 33' 'randon wire if it is combined with at least two radials laid on the ground
about 33' long each.  Three to four radials give better performance yet.
One is "so-so" but two are kind of a practical "minimum".  I use surplus
24 guage Mil spec hookup wire!  No balun needed, just a binding posts
to BNC adapter.  The KAT1 tunes up great on 40-15!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ELEPRODUCT POLL (WAS Any advice on the OHR WM-2QRPwattmeter?)


| Kevin Rock wrote:
|
| >How about a decent portable antenna?  One capable of stuffing in a
| >backpack and using on the trail.
|
| But how much profit could there be in selling a simple wire dipole?  : - )
|
| Thirty years of experimenting with and wasting money on about every type of compact
antenna that could be made portable have led me to the conclusion, beyond any doubt,
that a simple, cheap, compact, light-weight, resonant dipole is the only really
"decent" portable antenna.
|
| Short loading-coil verticals are, OTOH, absolute abominations, even though one can
waste a lot of money and signal on commercially-made versions.
|
| 73,
| Mike / KK5F
|
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