[Elecraft] Elecraft AX-1 Whip Antenna

[Dan Presley]

The other nice feature of the KX2 is the mini banana jack on the side of the radio for attaching the counterpoise . It’s perfect for pedestrian mobile and should you encounter some sort of snag it’ll pop out before the wire breaks.Wayne can better comment than me,but I believe the resonance of the AX1 (or AX2 I presume) it’s not right within the 20M band, but close. The auto tuner easily takes care of matching and as Wayne mentioned earlier compensates for all of the other variables. Just a note that the AX2 is a single band coil and can be modified for different bands. Plus it’s even a lot lower profile than the AX1.  
If you want to see some fun videos of using the AX1 directly attached to the KX2 search on YouTube for HB9BZG-SOTA from the Swiss Alps!

Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley at me. com 
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> On Sep 24, 2022, at 09:40, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
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> The wire drags behind you. This is why we sometimes call it a "dragged counterpoise."
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> The wire supplied with the AX1, AX2, and AXE1 is quite slippery and unlikely to snag on anything. I've dragged it between cacti in the deserts of New Mexico; across serpentine outcrops along the Pacific coast; and though the urban jungles of Belmont, California, bristling with spiky xeriscape.
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>> On Sep 24, 2022, at 7:41 AM, <john at kk9a.com> <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
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>> I'm curious about your pedestrian mobile statement.  What do you do with the
>> 13 foot counterpoise, does it drag behind you when walking? I doubt that you
>> can make a QSO without it.  Also with the 13 foot counterpoise, what 20m
>> frequency is the AX1 resonant on?
>> 
>> John KK9A 
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>> Dan Presley n7cqr wrote:
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>> Second-I want to hear from Dave AB7E in particular what antenna(s) you use
>> when you're operating in the field,and specifically when you can't set up a
>> wire; maybe no trees or a bare summit, or as Thomas K4SWL talks about-when
>> you really don't or can't throw up a wire (check out his blog on recent
>> operations in Canada). Or pedestrian mobile. So far I've seen nothing that
>> is as compact,lightweight  and easily packable as the AX1 or 2, and that's
>> important to me when  I'm hiking. 
>> 
>> Dan Presley 503-701-3871
>> danpresley at me. com 
>> N7CQR at arrl.net
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