[Elecraft] K2 and wire antenna

[David Wilburn]

I have had very good luck tuning various antennas with my
KAT-100/K2/100.  In most instances, I have used a 4:1 balun.
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David Wilburn
k4dgw at k4dgw.com
K4DGW
K2 S/N 5982


On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 15:27 -0600, Jim's mail wrote:
> This is a test message and a question.  If the message gets through, that 
> part works fine.  Now for the question:  My current QTH is a city lot that 
> has several large oak trees in the back yard.  The trees have been there 
> over 30 or 40 years and I will not be able to do much more than trim a very 
> few limbs that get too close to other structures.  My HF antenna at present 
> is an inverted V configuration hung from one of the trees at about 40 feet 
> off the ground (also the yard is not level, there are several slopes) and 
> the end points tied to another tree on one side of the yard and a fence on 
> the other side.  The antenna was cut for 40 meters.  The feed line is an 
> unknown length of 300 ohm television twin lead coming into the attic then 
> through a closet to the radio.  My current radio (not an Elecraft) has an 
> MFJ-941B tuner between the antenna connection and the actual feed line.
> 
> Would the K2 with an internal ATU be able to work with this antenna/feed 
> line combination?
> 
> Thank you,
> Jim  KD5VXH 
> 
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