Any wire works with about 1/8 wave the minimum. Usually BL2 is not needed. For antennas with high SWR BL2 heats and seems to absorb nearly all the power.
I used my K2/10 in ARRL contest from a park in Galveston Island, TX. About 25ft wire to a palm tree and one radial. 5 continents in 30 min. The last continent (JA) was from a beach. About 8ft of wire to a beach sign (no trees!) with one radial on the sand. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-wire-antenna-lengths-for-portable-operations-tp6487286p6488366.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
