[Elecraft] Why did I purchase this antenna for the KX3?

[Jeff KB2M]

 I found this antenna shootout done in 2002 by the HFPacker group I'm a
member of....

http://hfpack.com/antennas/shootoutreport2002.html

This should give someone a good idea on the performance to be expected by a
portable antenna setup.
 Before I retired I used to run QRP portable with an 817 from hotel rooms
around the country, so I have years of experience with small antennas in
hotel rooms. Before I retired, and when the last solar cycle ended I
switched over to remoting and never looked back. The small antenna thing was
just too painful for me anymore. 

73 Jeff kb2m

 

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 0:45 AM
To: Andrew Moore
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Why did I purchase this antenna for the KX3?


I never said that Philip shouldn't enjoy what he has.  But he did encourage
others to buy that antenna, and that's the part to which I take exception.
It simply is not comparable in performance-versus-cost-versus-portability to
other options.  And those manufacturers claims that you don't care about are
what lots of other people base their buying decisions upon.

QRP is fun ... I used to do a lot of it.  Using simple gear is fun, too ...
I used to do a lot of that as well.  But I would never try to talk somebody
into spending $130 for a poor approach to either.

Dave   AB7E


On 11/29/2012 7:37 PM, Andrew Moore wrote:
> I have no idea what this Miracle Whip is  or what it cost, but if 
> Philip gained that much enjoyment from it and encouraged others, 
> sounds like he wins.
>
> --Andrew
>
> On Nov 29, 2012, at 9:16 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
wrote:
>
>> I personally would not call paying $130 for a base loaded five foot whip
without a counterpoise to be a "minimalist" approach, but to each his own.
If you want to "intentionally put limits on the gear" it would be far
cheaper (as well as more effective) to hang simply an appropriate length of
#24 wire on the wall with masking tape.
>>
>> And I still say that the manufacturer's claims are ridiculous ... read
them yourself if you don't believe me.
>>
>> Dave   AB7E