Posted by Rick Dettinger-3 on May 05, 2012; 3:57am URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Antenna-for-a-KX1-tp5196274p7529282.html
Sometimes, I have had to reposition my radials to get a good match on
some bands. I think that the KX1 tuner has the least matching range
of all the Elecraft rigs, and you may need to experiment a little.
73,
Rick K7MW
On May 4, 2012, at 8:45 PM, ka2zey wrote:
> I have tried the suggested lengths given for KX1. I have a 24' wire
> running
> vertical up about 22' (the rest comes down to the KX1) and 2 16'
> radials
> connected to the black connector on the Poloma Banana plug. I am
> able to get
> a good SWR reading on 10 and 20 (still no contacts) but 40 is
> nothing below
> 4:1. Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Another user posted that they were using 42' with a 1/4 wave radial
> for each
> band.
>
> thanks,
> D
>
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