[Elecraft] KX-1 Operation

[Don Wilhelm]

  Arnie,

Do you have the KXAT1 installed?  If you do not, you will have to use a 
resonant dipole.
If you do have the KXAT1, did you do a TUNE on each band before trying 
it?  Did the SWR go down to a sufficiently low number (less than 1.7)?

If the ATU menu parameter is not set for "tun", the KXAT1 will not do 
any tuning.

As others have said, you just may have local noise that is greater than 
the signal strength.  If your KX1 worked and was aligned after you built 
it, then it should still be properly aligned unless it was abused in 
some manner.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/12/2011 7:50 PM, arnie lewin wrote:
> Dear folks:
>
> I am using, for the first time, a KX-1. The antenna, as recommended on the
> Elecraft FAQ page, is a 24 foot wire and a 16 foot radial. They are
> connected to the KX-1 with a BNC to a double banana plug.
>
> I am on the road from time to time and spend a number of evenings in hotel
> rooms. Earlier this week, I fired up the KX-1 for the first time since
> purchase.
>
> I took the 24-foot antenna and dropped it out the 6th floor window. That
> gave me about a 2 to 3 foot horizontal run to the window and the remainder
> straight down.
>
> The radial was spread out in the opposite direction along the "dresser" and
> then dropping down to the floor for the duration.
>
> Turning it on, I heard absolutely no signals on 75, 40 or 20.
>
> Today, I was outside and spread out the antenna and radial in a horizontal
> fashion at about a 45 degree angle to each other.
>
> Signals were heard on 20, but again, nothing on 40 or 75.
>
> What suggestions do the seasoned KX-1 users have?
>
> Thank you VERY much
>
> Arnie
> W7BIA
>
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