[Elecraft] yet another KX1 update from W5SV

[David F. Reed]

Folks,

I received a few suggestions on the alignment of my KX1 from various 
people, direct, via the list and from Gary at Elecraft.

I have to admit, they were some good ideas, and I tried a few, and found 
that two worked fairly well; I made a blunt Phillips from a normal 
Phillips that fit in the area, with room to put some heat shrink tubing 
on the shaft, and blunted via grinding the tip with a Dremel tool.

In short order, it aligned, and was getting about 4 watts on 40, a bit 
less on 30 and 3.6 on 20, so I figure I can further refine later, its 
time to get used to it and make some contacts - had to wait for a 
thunderstorm to pass - got impatient, strung up some wire and 
counterpoise (indoors) to the BNC to binding post, and got on 30 M, and 
made a few contacts in the 800 - 900 mile range; I will try later on 40 
(on the outside dipole after the thunderstorms dissipate) and in the 
early morning after 40, move to 20.

A tremendous amount of fun, thanks to Elecraft, the help of a few 
special folks, and the list, I now have my KX1 baptized with CW 
contacts, all options (30 M module, Antenna Tuner, and Paddles) working 
great.

Thanks for hearing me out and helping along the way.

73 de W5SV, Dave

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