KX3 Swains Island 5 watts

[Phillip Lontz]

Wow my 3rd contact with the KX3 at 5 watts into Swains Island...

Phil
Santa Fe, NM
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[Jeff Herr]

I did it too last night on kx3 #1692






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Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Swains Island 5 watts

Wow my 3rd contact with the KX3 at 5 watts into Swains Island...

Phil
Santa Fe, NM
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[Tex]

What antennas were ya'll using?

73 Tex
ka5y

[Phillip Lontz]

I was using a Gap vertical mono bander on 20 meters... but the contact was on 10 meters! The internal ATU works just fine!

On Sep 16, 2012, at 7:05 AM, pkhjr <[hidden email]> wrote:

What antennas were ya'll using?

73 Tex
ka5y



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[Phillip Lontz]

The GAP is ground mounted with the 3 ground wires that it comes with...
Not the best...
but it works...for now.
Soon a new vert...
The Stepper IR vert with 120 radials...
That will make the ethers and the ions jump and shout!

Phil
K5SSR
Santa Fe
KX3 1695
K3
KX1

"If You Don't Know What It Is...
Don't Poke It"




On Sep 16, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Sam Morgan <[hidden email]> wrote:

was it grd mounted?
what were the radials, if any?


GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan

On 9/16/2012 11:08 AM, Phil Townsend wrote:
> I was using a Gap vertical mono bander on 20 meters... but the contact was on 10 meters! The internal ATU works just fine!
>
> On Sep 16, 2012, at 7:05 AM, pkhjr <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> What antennas were ya'll using?
>
> 73 Tex
> ka5y

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[Jeff Herr]

74 foot 18ga copperweld between two trees @40' east-west fed with windowline





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I did it too last night on kx3 #1692






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Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Swains Island 5 watts

Wow my 3rd contact with the KX3 at 5 watts into Swains Island...

Phil
Santa Fe, NM
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