[Elecraft] kx1 and earchi

[Chip Stratton]

I've done a lot of backpacking, and used a fair amount of RG-174. 12 or 13
feet of that weighs very little - about 13 grams or 1/2 oz., and would add
to flexibility of antenna placement too.
Thats my experience anyway.

73
Chip
AE5KA

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> Chip,
>
> A length of wire is much lighter than any coax, including RG-174.
> Important for those backpacking.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>
> On 2/12/2017 8:52 AM, Chip Stratton wrote:
>
>> Try about 12 feet of RG-174 between your rig and your earchi transformer.
>> That will make your .05 wl counterpoise for 80m without much weight and
>> without much loss on the higher frequency bands.
>>
>>