[Elecraft] RF in the Trees

[Jim Bennett]

Doug - I've been using an 88 foot long doublet at 45 feet for about four years - works very, very well on 40-6 meters. It tunes on 80 but I have an inverted L I use there. Currently I feed it with about 110 feet of 450-ohm ladder line and a Current Designs 4:1 balun, and then about ten feet of RG-8X into the shack. My only complaint is that the SWR jumps all over the place when it's raining, which it normally does here in this part of the state in the winter. I may go back to 600-ohm open wire line later this summer. But other than that, the 88-foot doublet is a good performer. BTW - mine is made out of #26 "silky coat" wire from The Wireman in SC - I have to keep it "stealthy", but have no problem running 500w to it from my Elecraft K3/KPA500.

Jim / W6JHB
Folsom, CA


On   Friday, Jun 27, 2014, at  Friday, 10:40 AM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote:

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> Now I'm thinking of what would be the best "all-band" antenna for the K2 which is my secondary operating position in the living room where I can give demos to visitors.  I'm thinking of giving the 88 foot doublet fed with 300 ohm twinlead a try.
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> Doug -- K0DXV