[Elecraft] Amateur Radio License, book, KX1

[mc]

Hi Chuck,

Building the KX1 was a trip and 1/2. I also wrote to ARRL about meters and feet,  I got three letters back. One said that the metric system is the official system in the US since 1975, but others systems are allowed. What ever that means. I think it hurts our  exports. My Chevy,  I  need two sets of wrenches. I believe in KISS KISS, (keep it simple stupid) not all of us are Einstein.

There is a few things that the ARRL book "Amateur Radio License" gets confusing, example:  it says you need a good ground, but a few pages later it says you need a counterpoise, that is a wire laying on the ground. So for the first test transmit I attached the radio to a eight foot copper coated ground rod the same type used for electrical grounding. No one heard my CQ. next I laid out thirty feet of wire on the ground and put 60 feet in the tree still I could hear my self on my Sony but very faint.  So I .. a.s.s.u.m.e.. that the ground is the same as a counterpoise

Some of the feedback I have been getting has really helpful and its good fun too. I will try again at 7PM EST on Monday and then again on Tuesday. 


Mike