[Elecraft] KX-1 Operation

[Brendan Minish]

On Sat, 2011-03-12 at 16:50 -0800, 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.

you need to get the antenna wire away from the building, the building is
full of lossy concrete and rebar, I use a wire on the end on a tennis
ball 'secured' with tape and launch this outwards at anything it might
catch in, when you are done pull on the wire and the tape lets go, the
tennis ball you can collect after you check out ;-) 
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73
Brendan EI6IZ