[Elecraft] KX-1 Antenna Recommendations

[Michael Babineau VE3WMB]

Don wrote :

> My antenna for portable operation is a 44 ft. doublet antenna fed with
> twisted pair teflon insulated #24 wire (the antenna flattop is the same
> material).

Great antenna Don (see my earlier posting ;-) ) .

I just thought that I would add that I found that the teflon coated 
stuff doesn't
like to stay twisted so I resorted to putting small pieces of heat 
shrink tubing
every 6 or so inches on the feedline portion.

>
> With 35 feet of the twisted pair feedline it tunes readily on all 
> bands 40
> thru 10 -

I am using about 28 feet of feedline and I have had some problems 
matching
it with some tuners on 40M so I will try adding about 7 feet of 
feedline and
see how that works .... thanks.

Michael VE3WMB