[Elecraft] [KX1] On the trail with the KX1 -- Antenna ?

[Ken Alexander]

Hi Phil,

I assume you have the built-in autotuner.  If so, a 24 ft wire with a few counterpoise wires has been recommended here before.  I have used this with great success with my KX1 and worked Seychelles with 2 watts on battery power with the 24 ft wire strung out to a nearby tree and the two 8 ft counterpoise wires laying on my shack floor.  This was the high point in my ham career!

The antenna is very light and compact, too.

Laying your wires on the rocky ground is probably the best you can hope to do without lugging more stuff with you.  After all, if you're at 8000 ft...that's got to count for something!

73,

Ken Alexander,
VE3HLS


--- On Fri, 6/17/11, Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com> wrote:

From: Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com>
Subject: [Elecraft] [KX1]  On the trail with the KX1  -- Antenna ?
To: "elecraft Reflector" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 10:28 AM

This summer I plan to take my KX1 in my backpack on some of our summer hikes in the Cascades.  Previously, I have only taken my HT but that is not too bad from the 8000 foot level of Mt. Rainier.

So, I am wondering about an antenna.  Part of the problem is that often we are above the tree line.  No trees.  Has anyone operated in that situation.  What do you do when there are no trees to use for elevating a wire?

Also, a slightly different question -- does anyone use a counterpoise of any sort when using a single wire antenna?  Have you thrown another wire along the ground to create a kind of ground plane or does this not make that much difference.

73, phil, K7PEH

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