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Dear OMs and Yls,
Okay the subject line is rather "hoaky" but I write to tell you that a wet string sometimes works. Brought up in the sixties on radio, I remember the bunkum adverts for the Gotham Vertical. Two months ago I worked a South Carolina station using a KX3 and AlexLoop inside his room and this impressed me a good bit. I have a KX3 waiting for me in Connecticut and was looking for a portable antenna to use with it. I still doubted the AlexLoop would be an adequate antenna. Tonight using a friend's AlexLoop inside the shack I worked across the pond thirteen times between 19:36 and 21:52 using 9 Watts from the K3. This antenna measuring just under a meter in diameter was sitting on my easy chair. I am pretty impressed and you can take it Hugh that I will purchase one for my self. This antenna collapses into a case 41 x 27 x 9 cm in size and weighs perhaps 1 kg with the case. Surely a long wire out the window would out perform the AlexLoop (magnetic loop antenna) but it is not always possible to drop a quarter wave length out the window. I am not saying these QSOs all came easily but many answered on my first call but of course it was near the end of the contest and replies were becoming harder to obtain. I believe the AlexLoop with my KX3 is going to prove fun while visiting the USA. States and Provinces worked during WAE: VY2ZM NS N8BJQ OH K1LZ MA W2LK NY NY4A NC AA3B PA VE3AT ON K1RX NM K3WW PA KE9KI IN W1EQ CT NB1N MA K3WI MD All of this was done on 20M CW earlier I was on 17M and worked six EU stations in a short period of time. I have also managed two QSOs on 30M. The antenna works. It is not near the equal of a 14AVQ with single ground rod but my need is to be able to make CW QSOs when away from home. The power limit for the antennas between ten and twenty watts. I would think no more that ten watts for data modes and perhaps it is better to stay to ten watts maximum when on CW. Normally from my home QTH in Ireland I run the K3 at 65W to a 4 element SteppIR up 80 feet. I run 1500W now allowed in EI for contests. There is no comparison between capabilities. This morning I found nothing on 20M with the Alex loop and then went down to 30M to search out a couple of QSOs. It is never the case that 20M is dead with the SteppIR but the AlexLoop can travel with me on a plane and I can make QSOs and keep my fist active. QRP is 5W but QRP into a Yagi is not the same as 9W into an indoor AlexLoop. When one has worked most of the DX entities currently active this adds a bit of zest. 73 Doug EI2CN ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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Hi I am Tom Meier wife (K7zz). Tom died last Saturday. I would greatly
appricate you removing him from your email list. Thank you Kathy Meier On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Doug Turnbull <[hidden email]> wrote: > Dear OMs and Yls, > > Okay the subject line is rather "hoaky" but I write to tell you that > a wet string sometimes works. Brought up in the sixties on radio, I > remember the bunkum adverts for the Gotham Vertical. Two months ago I > worked a South Carolina station using a KX3 and AlexLoop inside his room > and > this impressed me a good bit. I have a KX3 waiting for me in Connecticut > and was looking for a portable antenna to use with it. I still doubted > the > AlexLoop would be an adequate antenna. > > Tonight using a friend's AlexLoop inside the shack I worked across > the > pond thirteen times between 19:36 and 21:52 using 9 Watts from the K3. > This antenna measuring just under a meter in diameter was sitting on my > easy > chair. I am pretty impressed and you can take it Hugh that I will > purchase > one for my self. This antenna collapses into a case 41 x 27 x 9 cm in > size > and weighs perhaps 1 kg with the case. Surely a long wire out the window > would out perform the AlexLoop (magnetic loop antenna) but it is not always > possible to drop a quarter wave length out the window. I am not saying > these QSOs all came easily but many answered on my first call but of course > it was near the end of the contest and replies were becoming harder to > obtain. I believe the AlexLoop with my KX3 is going to prove fun while > visiting the USA. > > > > States and Provinces worked during WAE: > > VY2ZM NS > > N8BJQ OH > > K1LZ MA > > W2LK NY > > NY4A NC > > AA3B PA > > VE3AT ON > > K1RX NM > > K3WW PA > > KE9KI IN > > W1EQ CT > > NB1N MA > > K3WI MD > > > > All of this was done on 20M CW earlier I was on 17M and worked six EU > stations in a short period of time. I have also managed two QSOs on 30M. > The antenna works. It is not near the equal of a 14AVQ with single ground > rod but my need is to be able to make CW QSOs when away from home. The > power limit for the antennas between ten and twenty watts. I would think > no more that ten watts for data modes and perhaps it is better to stay to > ten watts maximum when on CW. > > Normally from my home QTH in Ireland I run the K3 at 65W to a 4 > element SteppIR up 80 feet. I run 1500W now allowed in EI for contests. > There is no comparison between capabilities. This morning I found nothing > on 20M with the Alex loop and then went down to 30M to search out a couple > of QSOs. It is never the case that 20M is dead with the SteppIR but the > AlexLoop can travel with me on a plane and I can make QSOs and keep my fist > active. QRP is 5W but QRP into a Yagi is not the same as 9W into an indoor > AlexLoop. When one has worked most of the DX entities currently active > this adds a bit of zest. > > > > 73 Doug EI2CN > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > 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 |
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