Re: [Elecraft] Antenna?

2004-07-03 Thread brianboschma
Bob, Done any comparisons of the MP1 with a full size vertical or St Louis vertical on 40 meters ? Thanks, Brian n6iz Bob Nielsen wrote: On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 08:30:15PM -0400, Jimmy Lee wrote: What antenna do you use for portable operation? I have 66 foot doublet fed with 300 ohm

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna?

2004-07-03 Thread brianboschma
Sherman, and all, Any objective measures of performance of these antenna's ? Vertical vs Pac-12 / MP-1 ? Brian n6iz Sherman Banks wrote: Instructions for the Pac-12 antenna can be found here: http://www.njqrp.org/pac-12/index.html It's hard to find from the home pages of the other

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna?

2004-07-05 Thread brianboschma
Mike Morrow wrote: Brian Mury wrote: I would also like to see a comparison between the horizontal and vertical antennas. I don't think the horizontal antenna would necessarily beat the vertical - it depends on a few variables, a couple big ones that come to mind being the height of the

Re: [Elecraft] Line into trees

2004-09-10 Thread brianboschma
Absolutely. I have used bows/arrows, slings, etc, but a 9 ft fishing pole, 10lb test, and a golf ball with a screw eye attached had allowed me to place lines up to 60 feet routinely on backpacking QRP trips. Plus the pole later froms part of a delta loop. bb n6iz Sandy W5TVW wrote:

[Elecraft] K2 AGC voltage level - using the K2 for antenna gain measurements

2004-10-04 Thread brianboschma
I have been creating a back packable yagi for 20 meters and have needed a means of measuring signal strength into the antenna under test. My reference signal of choice is the nearby W6WX 20 meter beacon located about 10 miles to the south. The beacon, part of the international beacon

Re: [Elecraft] W0EB at Ozarkcon

2005-04-30 Thread brianboschma
Hi, I know someone is maintaining an easily searchable web page for the elecraft mail group but my web search failed to find it. Can someone please point me there ? Thanks, Brian n6iz ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 - some improvements ?

2005-07-18 Thread brianboschma
Paul, I suppose your right ! I took the kx1 apart tonight and was considering repackaging it myself. It could use a bit more room inside for a few more batteries as well. How about KX1-hA (high altitude). Above 11K ft I tend to reduce my judgement so simplification is important. Examples,

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 - some improvements ?

2005-07-21 Thread brianboschma
Of brianboschma Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 10:53 PM To: Paul Gates; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX1 - some improvements ? Paul, I suppose your right ! I took the kx1 apart tonight and was considering repackaging it myself. It could use a bit more room inside for a few more

Re: [QRP-L] KT34 Triband Instructions wanted.

2007-02-06 Thread brianboschma
Gregg, I have a manual. I could xerox or scan and send via email I had a similar problem on my beam recently, only during the rainy season. A spider or bug had moved into a one of the transmission line trap tuning capacitors and made a nice little home. The way I located the problem