[Elecraft] KX3 dimensions?

[Wayne Burdick]

Peter Wollan wrote:

> The penultimate whip:  the two or three thinnest sections of a 16'
> crappie pole ($10 from Cabella's).  It fails the invisibility
> criterion, but otherwise seems to fit.
>
> What do you do with it then?  drag a wire behind as a counterpoise?

Yes. This is SOP for HFpack. RG174 makes a good counterpoise, although  
I've had good luck with that same #26 wire, too.

I've had no trouble making 2000-mile-plus CW contacts on 20 m running  
2 W into a 4' Mizuho loaded whip, dragging a 13' counterpoise.

Wayne
N6KR