[Elecraft] Comments from Special Forces personnel on KX2 use

[Don Wilhelm]

Most any wire you put up can be made to radiate.  The problem is 
matching the feedpoint to the feedline.  If you want to use coax for the 
feedline, you must provide a proper matching network at the antenna 
(balun or otherwise).  Open wire line can be used with a matching 
network in the shack.

If you are transmitting at 100 watts (or 10), all that power will go 
into the radiator and be radiated.  If you are concerned about how 
effective that radiation will be consult the antenna books and look at 
the elevation and azimuth radiation patterns to obtain your answers.
L.B. Cebik (SK) did a lot of antenna radiation models.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/2/2020 2:13 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Folks these days seem to be looking for the perfect [magic?] antenna and 
> are reluctant to just try a basic "non-buried conductor" unless it comes 
> with the magic guarantee first.  I'm somewhat constrained by our HOA's 
> Architectural Review Committee [OK, nothing visible].  My 135' end-fed 
> wire along the wooden fence works surprisingly well at 100 W considering 
> it is just about eye level all the way.  As good as 5 over 5 over 5 at 
> 100' on 40?  Not quite, but I can make Q's on any open band anytime I 
> want including DXpeditions where I wait a few days until the bruhaha has 
> settled down some.
>