[Elecraft] KPA1500 RFI on 12m

[Wes]

Sorry about that mess; that will teach me to try and respond with an iPhone.

What I was trying to say is that I run a KPA500 and KAT500 into non-resonant 
antennas on all of the WARC bands and still manage to crack pileups.  On 12 and 
17 meters I tune my tiny OB7-3 Optibeam tribander.  Of the current DXpeditions,  
I've worked VP6R on 19 slots and I work FT8 with great reluctance.  I've worked 
5K0K on 14 of 25 slots without using FT8.  For the recently completed ZK3A 
expedition I worked them of 24 of 37 slots and was on Clublog's stats number 20 
in NA.

I'm pretty sure that I never have the commanding signal in a pileup.  BTW, I use 
a K3S without a second RX and I don't have a separate RX antenna for 160, things 
everybody knows you must have to work DX.  IMHO, knowing how to use the hardware 
you have is more important than having more hardware.

Wes  N7WS


On 10/25/2019 9:00 AM, Wes N7WS wrote:
> I run a KPA500 and KAT500 into an Ppitbe
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 24, 2019, at 1:24 PM, Michael Walker <va3mw at portcredit.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Eric
>>
>> I think you are asking a lot for a tuner to run at any power into a
>> non-resonant antenna and break a pile up.  :)
>>
>> You would actually have better success with a 12M dipole then trying to get
>> a non-resonant beam to direct your signal.
>>
>> If I was in your shoes, I would quickly toss up a 12M dipole with some
>> string and bubble gum as you would have a much higher radiated signal.
>>
>> Mike va3mw
>>