[Elecraft] re KPA 500 and ATU

[Tony Estep]

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 4:07 PM, ab2tc <ab2tc at arrl.net> wrote:

> That's a brilliant blog entry and it really resonates with me as I am in
> the
> exact same situation....
>
> John Harper AE5X wrote:
> >
> > ... I am limited to one antenna but don't consider it an impediment
> > - my dipole is thaaaaat close (holding fingers 1 inch/2.54 cm apart) to
> > having 300 countries to its credit....


Many hams are in that situation. They put up one antenna, the longest they
can fit, and then use it on 7 or even 8 bands. Even with 100 watts, one can
work *almost* all of the DX this way, but with propagation as it is, there
can be some areas that are hard to get to. From my QTH in Missouri, it's
very hard to get into south Asia with 100 watts and a back-yard wire, and
just about all the countries I still need are somewhere in that part of the
world. A few extra db will come in handy.

Tony KT0NY