[Spooks] While hiking today

[Todd Dokey]

I also have a KX-1 and use a wire antenna with a counterpoise -as suggested.

You could try a Miracle Antenna

On 1/21/14, Michael Colonna <tunercar at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have an Elecraft KX1 that I assembled a couple of years ago.  I don't use
> it as much as I would like but I would suggest any similar kit to
> enthusiasts, simply for the building 'experience.'  The KX1 has a fairly
> broad Rx in addition to a capacity for 4-band Tx.
>
> The real question here is what do you use for an antenna while
> hiking/portable?  I bought a 20' expandable fiberglass fishing rod to
> elevate my random wire (thinking NVIS configuration), but have yet to take
> it out for testing.
> On Jan 20, 2014 7:54 PM, "Todd Dokey" <justcallmebuddy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Well, truth be known, there is a Grundig G3 in my EDC bag (A
>> Maxpedition Jumbo LEO Verispack) -in an emp safe bag. :)
>>
>> On 1/20/14, Ernie Rice <ranger2995 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > I always carry my Kaito 321
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>> > Ernie
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>> >> On Jan 20, 2014, at 18:56, Bill Hensel <wahensel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> I was hiking in the Pike National Forest today and listening on my
>> KA1103
>> >> and caught the tail end of Spy message (five letter cipher groups) on
>> >> 8008
>> >> kHz and  according to the clock on the little rig the transmission end
>> at
>> >> 2328 utc.
>> >>
>> >> I wonder if anyone from this forum hike around with a portable
>> >> receiver
>> >> in
>> >> their shirt pocket at times?  I do quite often and catch a neat signal
>> >> from
>> >> time to time.
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