Posted by
stan levandowski on
Jun 17, 2011; 3:02pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KX1-On-the-trail-with-the-KX1-Antenna-tp6487308p6487438.html
Absolutely 'yes'. In my experience it makes a heck of a difference! I
have had consistently good experiences with a 28' radiator made out of
24 gauge Teflon-coated stranded wire and a 33' counterpoise just
stretched out on the ground. I bought one of those double BNC
connectors and it works great. I use this antenna all the time with
both my KX1 and my K2. I use it on 40 and 20 and cannot comment on how
it would work on other bands. Just never tried it. Maybe I will try it
today.
At last week's ham club meeting I brought my K1 and this antenna and
invited folks to try their hand at CW QRP. There are always those
skeptics. We opened the window and I threw the 28' wire into a nearby
Blue Pine and stretched the 33' counterpoise along the ground. Guys
worked Puerto Rico and the Balearic Islands.
Probably gained at least a couple converts to QRP with simple wire
antennas and hopefully a few more open minds.
I also have a vertical Ventenna HFp. It's quite an effective antenna
and is packaged nicely into a very small carrying bag. It's also
tunable to all bands.
However, in a "practical shootout" the darn little 28'/33' package of
wire in the sandwich baggie always wins out for ease of setup and
overall effective results.
Stan WB2LQF
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Phil Hystad wrote:
> Also, a slightly different question -- does anyone use a counterpoise
> of any sort when using a single wire antenna? Have you thrown another
> wire along the ground to create a kind of ground plane or does this
> not make that much difference.
>
> 73, phil, K7PEH
>
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