[Elecraft] Strong recommendation: MFJ 18xx-series single-band whips for KX3, etc.

[Barry N1EU]

Thanks for all the responses.  Don, your comments are much appreciated and
I planned on building a bracket just as you describe and mounting my
whip/counterpoise to the top of a trekking pole..

Again, I'm not asking about antenna performance.  I will add the
counterpoise in actual operation.  I'm asking if anyone out there who
actually owns the MFJ-1820T can please connect it directly to a antenna
analyzer and check 20M performance.  Yes, I believe these antennas actually
DO resonate just as they are.  I believe mine is 17M (mislabeled), not 20M,
and just looking to confirm that.

Thanks & 73,
Barry N1EU

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Bruce Nourish <w0mbt at w0mbt.net> wrote:

> Did you have a counterpoise when you swept the antenna? If not, you're
> only looking at half your antenna, especially as the RigExpert is almost
> all plastic.
>
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016, 01:15 Barry N1EU <n1eu.barry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If anyone else out there has an MFJ-1820T and also an antenna analyzer, I
>> wonder if you could please do me a favor.  Please just connect the whip
>> directly to the analyzer and tell me what the SWR looks like across the
>> 20M
>> and the 17M bands.
>>
>> I swept my MFJ-1820T with my Rig Expert AA-30 and my MFJ-1820T is resonant
>> on 17M, not 20M.  I'm wondering if I have a mislabeled MFJ-1817T.
>>
>> Thanks & 73,
>> Barry N1EU
>>
>>