[Elecraft] KX1 # 2047 comes alive!

[James C. Hall, MD]

Hi Sante:

Congratulations on your new KX1 ! If you are talking about a 'random length'
long wire antenna, I'm betting you could get away with 66 feet if you lay a
66 foot counterpoise on the ground. The other idea I have is a 135 foot
center-fed doublet fed with window line - the small stuff for backpacking
would be 300 ohms. You could use the BNC to mini-binding posts connector by
Pomona and you should be off to the races !

Have fun !

73, Jamie
WB4YDL

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Sante - IK0HBN
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:44 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KX1 # 2047 comes alive!

Hi everybody,
I just finished to assemble my KX1 with autotuner and 30/80 option 
and I have one question for you:
"As the the manual has been written for 20-30 and 40 meters bands, 
the lenghts for a long wire are given for those bands. How long 
should it be for having a good compromise even on 80 mtrs? I'd like 
to have just one wire for backpacking"

Thanks in advance
Sante, IK0HBN

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