[Elecraft] KX-1 what do you use for an antenna when you're in a place with no trees to throw the vertical up?

[Stephen Prior]

Hi Ron

Well, as you imply, it's no surprise.  Size does matter, and as has often
been said, you cannot defeat the laws of physics!  Which, as a teacher of
the subject gives me some pleasure!

73 Stephen G4SJP


On 25/02/2009 22:24, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:

> 
> You've shown again that when it comes to an antenna, size does matter.
> Especially when the physical length is less than 1/2 wavelength, every
> little bit of additional length helps a lot!
> 
> It's pretty easy to achieve resonance with a short antenna using loading
> coils but until we have room-temperature superconductors cheap enough to use
> for a Ham antenna, short, loaded antennas will always be very inefficient.
> That doesn't' mean they won't "get out" or even work DX under the right
> conditions, but they'll still be a distant second to anything larger.
> 
> Ron AC7AC 
>