[Elecraft] AX-1 whip antenna

[Steve Hull]

I wonder what would happen if you moved the 1:1 choke to the other end of
your feedline (closer to your K3)?

-Steve

On Fri, Dec 6, 2019, 11:41 AM Jobst Vandrey <jvandrey at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been trying to come up with a antenna for use in an apartment with
> only limited success.  I have now set up the Elecraft AX-1 antenna and it
> seems to play well with my K3 indoors with the antenna  placed in a window
> supported by a folding camera tripod.
>
> One caveat is that there seems to be significant feedline RF so a 1:1
> isolation transformer near the antenna feed point is an absolute
> requirement.  Without the transformer, even 1 watt transmissions  caused
> various nasty computer gremlins when using digital modes.
>
> My apartment no longer needs to be a maze of wires and switches - many
> thanks to Elecraft for this excellent product.
>
> Jobst
> AC0LP
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