I've used the MFJ telescoping whips successfully with my KX1 on 20M and 40M. Of course, they don't perform as well as a good random wire slung over a tree with a counterpoise (using a BNC to 2-terminal adapter), but that option doesn't work when there are no trees available . or if you're in a hotel room with sealed windows. I've had good QSOs, indoors as well as outdoors, with a whip mounted directly to the KX1 with a right-angle BNC adapter, and a counterpoise attached to the bottom thumbscrew. And it became more versatile and less cumbersome when I made a base for the telescoping whips, which is just a female BNC with a run of RG174 mounted on an aluminum plate that also has a few thumbscrews for attaching radials. The base mounted whips work well when there are no trees available . and even inside Hotel rooms.
The MFJ whips, when attached to my homemade base, test out well with an SWR analyzer. The resonant points are around 1.2:1. So I plan to use the same antennas with my KX3 if it ever arrives! Don, N5LZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 2:09 PM To: Jim Hester Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Antenna That's a Maldol 20-meter base-loaded 4' whip. No longer available, but this is similar: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-1820T Wayne N6KR On Apr 6, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Jim Hester wrote: > What antenna is shown on the KX3 photo. It is mounted on a 90 degree > BNC adaptor. ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
