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I received my new AXE1 yesterday, and today deployed the antenna with the
AX1, connected directly to my KX2 a la HT. I stretched out the counterpoise wire and tied the end to the branch of a bush, suspending it about 4 feet above ground. The antenna is somewhat noisier than my NVIS dipole, but sitting on my deck at my Sea Ranch QTH I was able to check into the Jefferson Noon SSB Net 7204KHz with 10 watts, getting a good signal report. Much better performance than I expected! *Bryan B. Brauer, PE* *Consulting Engineer* [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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AI6B *Bryan B. Brauer, PE* *Consulting Engineer* [hidden email] On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 12:25 PM Bryan Brauer <[hidden email]> wrote: > I received my new AXE1 yesterday, and today deployed the antenna with the > AX1, connected directly to my KX2 a la HT. I stretched out the > counterpoise wire and tied the end to the branch of a bush, suspending it > about 4 feet above ground. The antenna is somewhat noisier than my NVIS > dipole, but sitting on my deck at my Sea Ranch QTH I was able to check into > the Jefferson Noon SSB Net 7204KHz with 10 watts, getting a good signal > report. Much better performance than I expected! > > > *Bryan B. Brauer, PE* > *Consulting Engineer* > [hidden email] > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Hi Bryan,
> On Sep 12, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Bryan Brauer <[hidden email]> wrote: > > I received my new AXE1 yesterday, and today deployed the antenna with the > AX1, connected directly to my KX2 a la HT. I stretched out the > counterpoise wire and tied the end to the branch of a bush, suspending it > about 4 feet above ground. The antenna is somewhat noisier than my NVIS > dipole, but sitting on my deck at my Sea Ranch QTH I was able to check into > the Jefferson Noon SSB Net 7204KHz with 10 watts, getting a good signal > report. Much better performance than I expected! Glad to hear you received the AXE1 and gave it a shake-down. Operation with any very short antenna is a challenge, of course, but sometimes it's the quickest way to get on the air. Anyone else try their AXE1 extender yet? 73, Wayne N6KR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I got my shipping notification today. Prepping for my stint as a ham
volunteer next weekend in the Bike MS “City to the Shore” ride, so it might be a little while before I get on the air with it. I’m looking forward to it. On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 20:27 Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi Bryan, > > > > On Sep 12, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Bryan Brauer <[hidden email]> > wrote: > > > > I received my new AXE1 yesterday, and today deployed the antenna with the > > AX1, connected directly to my KX2 a la HT. I stretched out the > > counterpoise wire and tied the end to the branch of a bush, suspending it > > about 4 feet above ground. The antenna is somewhat noisier than my NVIS > > dipole, but sitting on my deck at my Sea Ranch QTH I was able to check > into > > the Jefferson Noon SSB Net 7204KHz with 10 watts, getting a good signal > > report. Much better performance than I expected! > > > Glad to hear you received the AXE1 and gave it a shake-down. Operation > with any very short antenna is a challenge, of course, but sometimes it's > the quickest way to get on the air. > > Anyone else try their AXE1 extender yet? > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: *FN20is* ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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It works better than expected! I setup the KX3 on the front deck and worked some stations with good signal reports earlier this week (SSB). I was running all 15 watts!
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Wayne Burdick [hidden email] [KX3] Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 9:19 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Cc: [hidden email] Subject: [KX3] Re: AXE1 Hi Bryan, > On Sep 12, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Bryan Brauer <[hidden email]> wrote: > > I received my new AXE1 yesterday, and today deployed the antenna with the > AX1, connected directly to my KX2 a la HT. I stretched out the > counterpoise wire and tied the end to the branch of a bush, suspending it > about 4 feet above ground. The antenna is somewhat noisier than my NVIS > dipole, but sitting on my deck at my Sea Ranch QTH I was able to check into > the Jefferson Noon SSB Net 7204KHz with 10 watts, getting a good signal > report. Much better performance than I expected! Glad to hear you received the AXE1 and gave it a shake-down. Operation with any very short antenna is a challenge, of course, but sometimes it's the quickest way to get on the air. Anyone else try their AXE1 extender yet? 73, Wayne N6KR __._,_.___ Posted by: Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) VISIT YOUR GROUP • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Yes Wayne I received my AXE1 today and tried it out signals were about the same as my mag-loop on the KX2. 40 meters was quite here this afternoon though I’ll try again tomorrow maybe more stations will be on.
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In reply to this post by rich hurd WC3T
I ran mine with a WSPRlite on 40m at 200mW with 2 counterpoise for a day,
then added a 3rd counterpoise with no improvement observed. Spots out to 2400km from 300ft elevation. Mount was atop a 4ft tripod with counterpoise arrayed on grass. Bret/N4SRN -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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