[Elecraft] KX1 Question

[Leigh L Klotz, Jr.]

Paul,
This is normal.  You need two wires for your antenna.  If you have the 
antenna tuner option, you can use the Elecraft suggestion of the 
following: hook a 16, 24, or 33ft wire to the ground side for 20/30/40, 
and a 24-28ft wire to the center conductor. The Pomona BNC to binding 
post adapter makes this convenient....there is a part number in the 
manual.  Then tie a hex nut to the hot wire and throw it in a tree and 
put the other wire on the ground.   (You may get away with shorter wires 
for ground, but these are convenient sizes for putting in the air as 
well...putting both wires in a tree works, too.)

Almost any wire will do, but Teflon-coated silver plated wire is often 
available from surplus places, and is excellent.  Or try thewireman.com 
for other nice wire.
73,
Leigh/WA5ZNU.
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 7:54 pm, Paul Clay wrote:
> If I insert a long random length wire
> into the KX1 I don't hear receive too many
> signals; advance or retarding the RF gain has
> little audible effect in the headphones.  But,
> when I also attach a wire to the outside of the
> BNC connector and then to a ground, the receiver comes alive with 
> signals.