Hi again--
Last night, I worked a guy who also is a KX1 owner, and we
got to talking about antennas. I mentioned that while the
antenna suggested in the antenna tuner manual (24-28-ft.
driven element with a 16-ft. counterpoise) tunes up OK, I
was kind of disappointed in the performance. The other guy
mentioned that he uses a 40-meter doublet, usually in an
inverted vee configuration, fed with ladder line, and that
it tunes up well on all three bands.
I asked him whether or not he used a balun, and he said no,
he just fed it directly into the radio. I suppose his
antenna could be fairly well-balanced or that the KX1 is
able to tolerate a fair amount of imbalance.
Whatever the case, I was thinking that it shouldn't be too
difficult to build a small balun--and it really could be a
small one since the maximum power level it needs to handle
is just 5W--into a small plastic project box. On one end,
the box would have two binding posts to connect the ladder
line, and a panel-mount male BNC (if they make such a thing)
on the other.
Does this seem reasonable to do or is it overkill?
73!
Dan KB6NU
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ARRL MI Section Affiliated Club Coordinator
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