I've had pretty good luck using 2 40 foot wires. Either fed with a 1:1 balun and coax or with a BNC to banana jacks. Sometimes I put both wire ends up high like a V and sometimes I put one wire end up high the other on the ground or just above the ground. Tuner seems to be able to tune all the way from 80M - 10M. Sometimes if it doesn't want to tune, I shorten the ground side until it does by coiling the free end of the ground wire. I've used shorter wires when I only want to work 40M and below with good luck also. Just get some wire and mess with it until you find something you like.
Bob AF9W On Nov 9, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Joseph Trombino, Jr wrote: > Howdy Gang: > > Nice WX tomorrow for our neck of the woods (southeastern North Carolina) so > I'm gonna take my KX3 out and play radio. > > I have the internal tuner installed and am wondering if anyone has had > success with a particular length of antenna wire with the tuner in the KX3?? > > I usually use a PAR EFHW for 40/20/10M but wanted to play with something > different and also give the internal tuner a spin around the block. > > So, what lengths of wire have been used successfully with the KX3?? > > Many thanks for any info....will be on the air shortly after lunch > time...1800Z or 1900Z....will be looking for you around the QRP watering > holes on CW. > > 73, Joe W2KJ > I QRP, therefore I am > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
