[Elecraft] Elecraft AX-1 Whip Antenna

[Wayne Burdick]

No. But try on a little poison oak followed by a hot shower. OMG. That’s the nice burn. 

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> On Sep 25, 2022, at 12:11 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgwnv at gmail.com> wrote:
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> There is no such thing as a "nice" RF burn.
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> 73,
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> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
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> 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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