[Elecraft] Elecraft AX-1 Whip Antenna

[Fred Jensen]

There is no such thing as a "nice" RF burn.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

Steve L wrote on 9/24/2022 6:36 PM:
> Caution when using this location:  Make sure your counterpoise is insulated and there’s no way to contact bare metal at this point with your hand when using the KX2 hand-held ‘walkie-talkie’ style.  I received a nice RF burn on my hand at this point once!
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> Steve
> AA8AF
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>> On Sep 24, 2022, at 3:37 PM, Dan Presley <N7CQR at ARRL.NET> wrote:
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>> 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!
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