[Elecraft] Secure that AX-1 whip

Mitch Johnson mitchone at reagan.com
Wed Jan 27 21:11:03 EST 2021


This is more of an amusing story than a warning.  Me and my wife were doing some radio stuff on the KX2 a while back.  We were playing with the AX-1 whip antenna, not literally playing with it, actual Ham radio stuff.  Anyway, just as my wife was transmitting the antenna fell over, my quick cat-like reflex reached out and grabbed that antenna so it wouldn’t fall over, the equally quick cat-like reflex let go of the antenna and let it fall over when I received a bit of a shock.

My advice, don’t do what I did, it wasn’t the best thing to do, and yes, 10watts is a bit of an eye opener.

Thought I’d share a bit of whatever this was,

Take care and 73,

Mitch Johnson/KN4ONH


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