I have recently tried an MP-1 antenna with my KX-1. I used the small tripod
mount and adjusted the antenna per the diagrams. However, this led to a SWR of
5.9. By moving the coil, I was able to lower the SWR to 2.0--but no lower.
And it was exceptionally sensitive to adjustment. Moving the coil by a single
turn of wire would jump the SWR to 2.0. In comparison, the KX-1 tunes on my
Steppir IR vertical to no worse than 1.2 (with the autotuner engaged), tunes
reasonably well on a 40 meter dipole, and tunes well with the random wire
recommended by Elecraft. Is my experience with the MP-1 similar to others?
Howard Ashcraft
W1WF
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