[Elecraft] "random wire" and the KX3 ATU

[Jim Brown]

On 6/27/2012 4:33 PM, Gary Marklund wrote:
>   will I need a separate Counterpoise for each of these bands?

No, but in general, more is better, and it's better if it's not laying 
on the ground.  It simply becomes the other half of the antenna that 
you're loading -- think of it as providing a return for the current.  
When someone said "you want a ground on the KX3," what he SHOULD have 
said is that you need some sort of return for the antenna current.  
Radials are one form of return, a counterpoise is another.  A 
counterpoise is simply another conductor connected to the chassis of the 
antenna tuner (or transmitter).

73, Jim K9YC