[Elecraft] Antenna works too well - I'm worried!

[Gary D Krause]

I think it's the Mojo.  I have a K2 and I'm always getting responses like, "I 
can't believe you are only running 5 or 10 watts".  I use quarter wave ground 
plane verticals.

Gary, N7HTS


On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:30:57 -0500
  "Dave Van Wallaghen" <w8fgu at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Carl,
> 
>> 
>> Connected directly to the KAT1, it loaded up very easily and facilitated
>> my
>> first "field" qsos with the K1.
>> 
> 
> I did a similar thing here last summer with a 66' doublet I made from 28g
> wire and ladderline with 3" wooden dowels as spacers. At the urging of Ron
> and Don, I connected the balanced line directly to my KAT2 and it tuned up
> nicely on all bands (80 - 10) with some trouble on 20. I simple made a 6
> foot stub of ladderline that I inserted for 20m and it worked well. 
> 
> I thought it worked pretty well with my longest contact into Liberty, UT
> (from Detroit) at 1500 miles or so on 40m at 5 watts. I look forward to the
> warm weather again this spring so I can try it out again. My guess is that
> with better solar conditions approaching, it will be even more fun.
> 
> Then again, it may just simply be the "Mojo" everyone talks about ;-)
> 
> 73,
> Dave W8FGU
> 
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