Musings: KX1 and a Compromise Antenna

[J]

I had to take my primary HF station out-of-service, and rather than suffer
withdrawal, got my KX1 out of mothball and put it on the air.

My current HF antenna is a Barker and Williamson ACS110, a terminated
end-fed Vee which is similar to the Radiowavz EFT-110.  

I wasn't expecting a lot from this type of antenna and my three watts.  It's
more suited to 100-1000 watt operation, MARS, E-Comm, it covers all of
1.8-30 MHz.

I was pleased that I did not need the internal KX1 ATU running on 40, 30 and
20 M with my antenna.  

 

In a week of very casual operation, I worked more stations on the KX1 than I
had since its completion in 2005.  Most contacts were CONUS with the

Exception of HI, and several contacts were QRP-to-QRP on 40 and 30M.  

 

I was pleased with the audio and filtering in the KX-1, whether it was
driving earbuds or an amplified computer speaker.  The adjustable crystal
filter produced non-fatiguing CW copy.

 

It was enjoyable to put the fancy radio station away and get back to basics.


 

73

Jay

W6CJ

 

 

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[David Cutter]

I used mine in a field day contest last summer and logged 60 stations in an
afternoon from a garden table and a 20m sloping dipole at 15ft.  Fun in the
sun.

David
G3UNA
G6CP

----- Original Message -----
From: "J" <[hidden email]>

>I had to take my primary HF station out-of-service, and rather than suffer
> withdrawal, got my KX1 out of mothball and put it on the air.
>
> My current HF antenna is a Barker and Williamson ACS110, a terminated
> end-fed Vee which is similar to the Radiowavz EFT-110.
>
> I wasn't expecting a lot from this type of antenna and my three watts.
> It's
> more suited to 100-1000 watt operation, MARS, E-Comm, it covers all of
> 1.8-30 MHz.
>
> I was pleased that I did not need the internal KX1 ATU running on 40, 30
> and
> 20 M with my antenna.

> In a week of very casual operation, I worked more stations on the KX1 than
> I
> had since its completion in 2005.  Most contacts were CONUS with the
>
> Exception of HI, and several contacts were QRP-to-QRP on 40 and 30M.
>
> I was pleased with the audio and filtering in the KX-1, whether it was
> driving earbuds or an amplified computer speaker.  The adjustable crystal
> filter produced non-fatiguing CW copy.

> It was enjoyable to put the fancy radio station away and get back to
> basics.
>
> 73
>
> Jay
>
> W6CJ

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