I started off with a normal G5RV and the tuner handled it fine. But, it works better as an all band antenna with the tuner if you do what I did and eliminate the matching section (which only matches 20M's) and replace it with ladder or window line down to a balun or at least a current choke outside your shack with a short length of coax to the rig.
This set up lets the KAT3 comfortably tune all bands except 160. Mine is at 35' and I worked 175 countries last year with the barefoot K3. Not bad for a minimal antenna. Rick K6LE On 3/8/2012, at 10:38 , Dick Roth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there-- > > Am considering putting up a g5rv antenna and was wondering what > experiences K3 users have with this antenna. Is an external tuner > necessary? Is internal ATU3 up to the task of taming this wire? > > Any hints will be helpful > -- > 73 de Dick, ka1oz > Elecraft K3/100 > GAP Titan-DX Antenna ______________________________________________________________ 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
