[Elecraft] KX3 Grounding w/dipole

[Don Wilhelm]

Reed,

I see reference to Ground on page 6, but none on page 9 - is that a typo?

The problem is we here in the US have too many definitions for ground, 
the British use "Earthing" which helps a little.

The references on page 6 are to "the other half of the antenna"  which 
is taken care of when using a dipole,
I believe those points were made in the manual to indicate that an 
antenna consisting only of a wire connected to the KX3 antenna jack 
center will not be very effective - there has to be something connected 
to the BNC shell too, and that is not necessarily mother earth ground.

Note that the references are for portable or pedestrian mobile operation 
- an antenna at the home station should have a DC path on both 
conductors to mother earth ground to drain off static charge buildup.

73,
Don W3FPR


On 3/26/2012 1:19 PM, Reed Bumgarner wrote:
> Page 9 of the manual seems to say that creating a ground for the KX3 is
> necessary in all cases.  Is this really true when you're using a Buddipole,
> Yo-Yo dipole or any dipole fed with coax?
> Thanks
> Reed AA1RB
>