Bob, An interesting idea for a multiband centre-fed antenna was described by W4JRW in the December 1960 issue of QST, "Multiband Antennas using Decoupling Stubs".
The decoupling stubs that he used are not hung at right angles to the antenna wire, but are "horizontal" stubs which results in a tidy arrangement. In fact one of the antennas he described uses a length of tubular Twin-Lead, one conductor forming the antenna and the second conductor cut and removed in places to make the decoupling stubs, which results in a light weight antenna easy to carry. 73, Geoff GM4ESD On Saturday, May 14, 2011 11:13 PM, "AB5N" <7000...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow Guys, thanks! > > It's great.. although this is my 5th sunspot cycle on the air, I am still > challenged with > projects like this- which I can use help with. Thanks for all the ideas! > > I guess I have come to the conclusion that nobody has really run the gamut > trying antenna > designs for the KX-1. It's requirements are unique (the tuner etc). I'm a > folded-dipole fan... > and use a Carolina Windom for my main general Hf antenna with great > success. > > OK, I'll "run the gamut"... with my goal being to fulfill the above > criteria. I'll take into considerations > all the suggestions above as well. Traps may be involved... and clip-on > elements. > > The downside of the 25 ft wire and counterpoise is that you pick up lots > of > internal processor > noise from the KX-1. It is also just such a compromise. > > As far as if my KX-1 is actually receiving correctly.. who knows? It's > sensitivity is adequate, but it > is pretty deaf compared to say my FT-817. Because of the low noise floor, > with any signal you have a chance of working with 4 watts -can be heard. > > Back to the bench! > > Bob-AB5N ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
