[Elecraft] K3 Below 500 KHz RX Antenna

[Jim Brown]

On Sun,7/19/2015 10:20 AM, Merv Schweigert wrote:
> Dont overlook perhaps an antenna you already have up,

Great advice.

> I use an 80 meter dipole thats
> fed with open line,  I short the open line at the shack and feed that 
> into the receiver,
> I have copied the east coast many times from Hawaii,  and of course 
> all the other guys
> between,   up to Alaska,  thats on 475KHZ.  Both CW and WSPR.  No 
> preamp used.

Something like this was my 160M antenna in Chicago.

>
> So if your wanting to just listen and get an idea of whats there, 
> maybe check your present
> set up,   coax fed dipole would work the same if you short the coax at 
> the shack end. 

Yes, except that if there's a choke at the feedpoint, you'll be using 
only the feedline as the antenna.

73, Jim K9YC