Ci,
For me, the KX1 is about fun and spontaneity. I don't have a Texas
Bugcatcher on my car, but I want to be ready to operate when I have 20
minutes or so. Here are two setups I use:
1. I keep a few continuously-loaded stick antennas (both small sized
Lakeview Hamstick and bigger sized ATX/Iron Horse) stored unotrusively
in the back of my Subaru Outback. I mount them on a quad-mag on top of
the car and run coax through the sunroof. I use the WB6ZQZ balun to
feed the low-impedance load to make it easier on the tuner and lower
line losses (LMR-100).
You can drive with the small Hamsticks, but not big the ones, which I
use when parked. At Christmas, I worked OH9SCL with my KX1 on 20m.
Google for WA5ZNU OH9SCL for pictures.
2. For my Miata, I used Wayne's 16ft Teflon coated wire suggestion, but
run some RG/58 out the car window to Alan's Balun to the 16ft wire. It
doesn't work mobile, but in a small convertible it is hard to find a
place to put an antenna and with a manual transmission it is hard to
operate CW and shift. A couple of weeks ago I worked R1ANF with this
rig. Google for WA5ZNU R1ANF for pictures.
Leigh / WA5ZNU
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:00 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any suggestions for antennas to use for a KX1 from a vehicle?
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