[Elecraft] K3 & FD multi band antenna

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Hi Gary,

I use a very simple inverted vee 41' total length which is not resonant on
any band, I have constructed it out of Coated-Flex-150 from qsradio.com
which is very flexible and tangle resistant and works well in trees, fed
with coax and very easy to get in the air and tunes 10 - 80 with the K3's
ATU.

73
George...WA1NTA

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Smith
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:21 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 & FD multi band antenna

I have the internal tuner in my K3 and want to be able to put up a 
wire antenna that can be assembled in minutes for both FD and public 
event locations. I used to have a Mor-Gain antenna & while it wasn't 
a great performer, it would have been fine for this use. Danged if I 
can find it though, I must have lent it out & never got it back.

I've thought to use my spud gun to send a random wire over a tree top 
& have a counterpoise wire on the ground, using the K3's ATU to match 
the wire to the band. The goal would be to cover 80-20 meters. Above 
20 would be nice but there's not much activity there and I'd like to 
be able to demonstrate Ham Radio.

Any suggestions on something else that is convenient and works well 
would be appreciated.

Thanks

Gary
KA1J
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