Don, That is a typo. Thanks for the reply. 73 Reed AA1RB On , Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > Reed,
> I see reference to Ground on page 6, but none on page 9 - is that a typo? > The problem is we here in the US have too many definitions for ground, > the British use "Earthing" which helps a little. > The references on page 6 are to "the other half of the antenna" which is > taken care of when using a dipole, > I believe those points were made in the manual to indicate that an > antenna consisting only of a wire connected to the KX3 antenna jack > center will not be very effective - there has to be something connected > to the BNC shell too, and that is not necessarily mother earth ground. > Note that the references are for portable or pedestrian mobile operation > - an antenna at the home station should have a DC path on both conductors > to mother earth ground to drain off static charge buildup. > 73, > Don W3FPR > On 3/26/2012 1:19 PM, Reed Bumgarner wrote: > Page 9 of the manual seems to say that creating a ground for the KX3 is > necessary in all cases. Is this really true when you're using a Buddipole, > Yo-Yo dipole or any dipole fed with coax? > Thanks > Reed AA1RB ______________________________________________________________ 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
