[Elecraft] Best Antenna Portable/Tabletop Operation for KX3

[Gil G.]

The PAR works great on 40m, it's the Buddistick that is inefficient on that band with the original coil and whip.

A magnetic loop isn't hard to build. You can get an air variable capacitor, say 100pF, some soft copper coil from the hardware store and PVC tubing for support and build one in no time. The downside is the narrow bandwidth and potentially lethal voltages, but they work great.
Here is one I made for 6m: http://radiopreppers.com/index.php/topic,325.0.html
And for 30/40m: http://radiopreppers.com/index.php/topic,180.0.html
I have enough copper left for a 10-30m version as well. Much cheaper than buying an already made one from Europe...

Gil.