I had been using a 24' piece of wire inside and connecting what should be the counterpoise to the ground in an ac outlet. Of course not the best way to do it. But in two years I have worked 44 states and a few VE stations. Gotten into Europe several times. Eznec tells me that my piece of wire provides mostly high angle radiation on all bands (40,30,20,17 M). I have come up with an antenna idea (thanks K5RP) a one turn loop, 7.6 M horizontal and 2 M vertical fed at the center of a vertical side. Eznec shows low angle (~20°) radiation on all bands. Top wire is 3 M high. It is getting out well on all bands but the KAT1 matching range is limited, SWR on 40 is 3.4:1, other bands are just fine. I want to try some other versions of this antenna. Looking for a Z-match tuner (maybe HFPACKER) to help out. Is Elecraft coming out with something like this? For now the K1 is my only on the air rig. I do not want a QRP only tuner, maybe some day I will get a K2-100. Any Ideas?
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