[Elecraft] K3 in Iraq

[David Cutter]

My temporary antenna is a low doublet up 15ft max and bending around the 
garden for 88ft per leg, this passes thro the wall in nylon tubes then by a 
few feet of ladder line to a PL259 on the back of the K3, no coax, no 
baluns.  The auto atu makes a good match top to ten.  Regularly hear 
Stateside early mornings on 80m, from northern England.

David
G3UNA



>
> I case you wanted to know: YI9FMW is now set up (minimally, someone forgot
> the balun and coax...) on 40m.  Once it gets dark in the US (1900 EST?) 
> I'd
> like to see if I can reach any other elecrafters.  Right now I've got a
> makeshift extended Zepp, with military commo wire acting as makeshift
> twinlead.  With help from you all, I'd like to get up and fully 
> operational.
> And what I mean by that are any suggestions you might have in terms of
> antenna design, given limited means. and hundreds of feet of military 
> commo
> wire or best practices in pulling you out of the noise given what you know
> about your K3, all modes.  I'm here to experiment as well as get folks 
> nifty
> qsl cards.
>
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