K3 in Iraq

[cptpatmcd]

I case you wanted to know: YI9FMW is now set up (minimally, someone forgot the balun and coax...) on 40m.  Once it gets dark in the US (1900 EST?) I'd like to see if I can reach any other elecrafters.  Right now I've got a makeshift extended Zepp, with military commo wire acting as makeshift twinlead.  With help from you all, I'd like to get up and fully operational.  And what I mean by that are any suggestions you might have in terms of antenna design, given limited means. and hundreds of feet of military commo wire or best practices in pulling you out of the noise given what you know about your K3, all modes.  I'm here to experiment as well as get folks nifty qsl cards.

[David Cutter]

My temporary antenna is a low doublet up 15ft max and bending around the
garden for 88ft per leg, this passes thro the wall in nylon tubes then by a
few feet of ladder line to a PL259 on the back of the K3, no coax, no
baluns.  The auto atu makes a good match top to ten.  Regularly hear
Stateside early mornings on 80m, from northern England.

David
G3UNA

>
> I case you wanted to know: YI9FMW is now set up (minimally, someone forgot
> the balun and coax...) on 40m.  Once it gets dark in the US (1900 EST?)
> I'd
> like to see if I can reach any other elecrafters.  Right now I've got a
> makeshift extended Zepp, with military commo wire acting as makeshift
> twinlead.  With help from you all, I'd like to get up and fully
> operational.
> And what I mean by that are any suggestions you might have in terms of
> antenna design, given limited means. and hundreds of feet of military
> commo
> wire or best practices in pulling you out of the noise given what you know
> about your K3, all modes.  I'm here to experiment as well as get folks
> nifty
> qsl cards.
>
>
> --  

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