[Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas?

[Martin Gillen]

Hi, Paul.

You may be right!  I didn't think about the physical
aspect of it.  For bike mobile I would be mouting a
whip behind me with coax running forward to the rig
in a front basket, I wouldn't even have considered
actually attaching a whip directly to such a tiny
radio!

Martin.

--- Paul Bruneau <paul at ethicalpaul.com> wrote:
> On Apr 25, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Martin Gillen wrote:
> 
> > Hi.
> >
> > I read the manual for the KXAT1 and the advice for
> > antennas states that short whip antennas should
> only
> > be used in emergencies.
> >
> > Text of the manual included below.
> 
> the way I read it, the manual is concerned about the
> mechanical 
> connection being physically damaged by the leverage
> of a whip being 
> directly connected to it. Is that how you are
> reading it too?
> 
> I'd love to do some bicycle operating myself, but I
> think I would not 
> want to use the radio as the only anchor for such an
> antenna.
> 
> > Whip Antennas: Short whip antennas connected
> directly
> > to the KX1 may damage the antenna jack or PC
> > board, and so should only be used in an emergency.
> > They are also very poor radiators.
> 
> 

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