[Elecraft] Low activity

[David Haines]

Well, the best antenna for me so far is the only one I have, a 51' G5RV 
Junior dipole 30' above ground fed with ladder line into my KX-3 with 
KXP100.  (I also have a Buddipole for remote operation.)

Given that you can never have enough antennas, what should I add?  My 
situation is perfect, with no houses except mine around, no power lines, 
and plenty of space.

Here's my thinking at the moment:

1.  I already have a new G5RV that I could probably string between some 
really tall trees to give me a dipole perpendicular to the one I have.  
Need a launcher, though.

2.  I love to climb, and the kid in me would put up a 250' tower on the 
hill behind the house, but my wife keeps showing me articles about 
friends dying when they fall off roofs.  And I'm not excited about 
putting a lot of metal in the air at our historic farm, anyway.  A 
mono-pole might be OK.

3. We have a barn connected to the house with peak at about 35 feet 
(that's where one end of the G5RV Jr. is attached.)  It would be easy to 
put something against it, say a mast with a hinged anchor mount on the 
ground, then attach a line up 30 on the mast and pull it up from inside 
the barn.  Would be easy to lower, I think.  Not sure what I would put 
on top yet, though, maybe start small.

Of course I'd like to buy a K4, but for now, any antenna thoughts?

david

KC1DNY



On 9/13/2019 3:28 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> In my case the best, or at least the most desirable, is always the one 
> I don't have.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 9/13/2019 12:25 PM, rv6amark via Elecraft wrote:
>> Re:  "September has been fairly quiet. Only around 160 posts..."    
>>   I can fix that:   What is the BEST antenna to use with my K???  
>>  Sorry, just couldn't resist ;-)   Mark,   KE6BB
>
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