[Elecraft] KX3 Antenna

[Donald Butler]

I've used the MFJ telescoping whips successfully with my KX1 on 20M and
40M.  Of course, they don't perform as well as a good random wire slung
over a tree with a counterpoise (using a BNC to 2-terminal adapter), but
that option doesn't work when there are no trees available . or if
you're in a hotel room with sealed windows.  I've had good QSOs, indoors
as well as outdoors, with a whip mounted directly to the KX1 with a
right-angle BNC adapter, and a counterpoise attached to the bottom
thumbscrew.   And it became more versatile and less cumbersome when I
made a base for the telescoping whips, which is just a female BNC with a
run of RG174 mounted on an aluminum plate that also has a few
thumbscrews for attaching radials.   The base mounted whips work well
when there are no trees available . and even inside Hotel rooms.

The MFJ whips, when attached to my homemade base, test out well with an
SWR analyzer.  The resonant points are around 1.2:1.   So I plan to use
the same antennas with my KX3 if it ever arrives!

Don, N5LZ

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 2:09 PM
To: Jim Hester
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Antenna


That's a Maldol 20-meter base-loaded 4' whip. No longer available, but  
this is similar:

    http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-1820T

Wayne
N6KR


On Apr 6, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Jim Hester wrote:

> What antenna is shown on the KX3 photo. It is mounted on a 90 degree
> BNC adaptor.


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