[Elecraft] Antenna Recommendations for the K3 ATU

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Jim, K9YC and David, G3UNA, offer excellent suggestions: get up a basic
antenna! (I'm an open wire fan myself.) 

The two biggest mistakes I see among those trying to put up a basic antenna
are:

1) Trying to use coaxial line at high SWRs. You can throw away most of your
RF easily that way. 

2) Using a short (<1/4 wave) antenna with little or no ground. 

For your reading enjoyment (and antenna edification) I recommend highly
these two books:

HF Antennas for All Location, Les Moxon, G6XN: An excellent reference with
>300 pages of theory and practical ideas for designing and erecting all
sorts of antennas.

Practical Wire Antennas, John D. Heys, G3BDQ: A slim (<100 page) volume with
little theory but a great many practical ideas for stringing up wire
antennas that work. 

Yes, both of these books come from our fellow Hams in the British Isles, but
they are both available here in the "colonies" through the ARRL and other
sources. 

Ron AC7AC