Tom ....
I would agree with Don! The K2 & KAT2 should match it great ..... with
or without the radials.
When I was a young General in about 1959 or 60 I had great luck on 80 &
20 AM with a 60 - 65' longwire from the second floor window out to a
tree. The shack was on the first floor with about 40 ft of coax of
questionable quality, and I used a tuner. (WRL Globe Chief 90, homebrew
cathode modulator, WRL tuner and an SX-99 and a homebrew TR switch).
The more OT's that told me it shouldn't work, especially with no ground,
the better it seemed to work!
Give it a try and be sure to report back when you put the K2 & KAT2 on it.
72 73 Hank K8DD
W3FPR - Don Wilhelm wrote:
Tom,
The KAT2 should adequately match the antenna system that you have, but I
would recommend that you scrap the coax and feed it with open wire line
because the feedpoint impedance on 40 meters and above should be a lot
greater than 50 ohms - the line losses and SWR on the feedline should be
rather high.
BTW, you could add a couple radials cut for 80 meters and use it on that
band too - the 60 ft wire is almost a quarter wave on 80 and it should
behave similar to a 60 ft high vertical (with some horizontal radiation too
depending on how much it slopes)
73,
Don W3FPR
-----Original Message-----
I'm about to order my K2 and I have a load of questions, but just one for
now.
--
'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their
level then beat you with experience.' -anon
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