Sometimes, I have had to reposition my radials to get a good match on some bands. I think that the KX1 tuner has the least matching range of all the Elecraft rigs, and you may need to experiment a little.
73, Rick K7MW On May 4, 2012, at 8:45 PM, ka2zey wrote: > I have tried the suggested lengths given for KX1. I have a 24' wire > running > vertical up about 22' (the rest comes down to the KX1) and 2 16' > radials > connected to the black connector on the Poloma Banana plug. I am > able to get > a good SWR reading on 10 and 20 (still no contacts) but 40 is > nothing below > 4:1. Am I doing something wrong? > > Another user posted that they were using 42' with a 1/4 wave radial > for each > band. > > thanks, > D > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Antenna-for-a-KX1-tp5196274p7529252.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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
