I had the same problem with a 25 ft wire, but after lengthening it to 41 feet the KX3 tunes all bands from 80 to 10 to less than 2:1 SWR.
Be sure to do a second tune if the first one doesn't get you where you want to go, sometimes that makes a difference. When portable (but not backpacking) I have three 16' wires going into a banana plug that I spread out as ground radials. I also have 6 feet of coax going from the radio to a barrel connector where the banana plug adapter is attached and sits on the ground. Less strain on the KX3 BNC and a little easier to manage. All of those things can affect the antenna's impedance to some degree. There is some loss in the length of coax from the radio at very high antenna SWR, but the trade-off is acceptable. 73 Chip AE5KA ______________________________________________________________ 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
