[Elecraft] [K2] wire antenna lengths for portable operations

[Hank Garretson]

A good starting point is to make length of radiating wire and length of
counterpoise odd multiples of a quarter wavelength at frequency of interest.
This puts relatively low voltage at feed point with resulting relatively low
impedance and easy matching.

73,

Hank, W6SX



On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:20 AM, John Shadle <shadle at katzenfisch.com> wrote:

I'm headed up to KL7-land next week and am going to take the K2 with
> me. I was thinking about using the KAT2 to tune a wire attached to the
> BL2 (at the 1:1 setting).
>
> Probably going to cut some teflon-coated wire this evening and pack it
> away in the bag.
>
> I'm seeking input on the best lengths of wire to cut for the active
> part of the antenna as well as the counterpoise.
>
> If you have any other comments on this setup, I'd love to hear them,
> too. In the past, I've used the K2 attached to my homebrew vertical
> (SGC SG-239 at the base of a elevated ground plane vertical), so this
> is my first adventure with "random wire" antennas.
>
> Thanks!
> -john W4PAH
>