1100 feet of 7/8" Heliax would have about 2dB loss at 30 MHz. That's the $7000 solution. But it works well on receive too. :-)
Something like LMR-400 will cost about $1100 and have about 7dB loss. A KPA-500 has about that much gain. I would keep it in the shack. That's the $3200 solution. Either way you still have a 10 Watt radio. Another consideration would be to look for some surplus 7/8" CATV cable. In years gone by, I've been given the stuff as it was being removed from power poles. That could be a near zero cost option. Last you could try remotely controlling the radio. Wes. N7WS Laboriously typed on my iPhone. On Apr 16, 2013, at 3:58 PM, James Denning <[email protected]> wrote: > I am moving and am going to be in a challenging location. I am currently > 1000ft above sea level and 600ft above a valley in Oregon. I am spoiled as > currently I can make SSB contacts in Brazil using my KX3 at 10 watts and a > Hexbeam antenna. I will be moving into a valley surrounded by nearby > hills/mountains at least several hundred feet higher than my new QTH. There > is a high knoll nearby I could put an antenna on that would require about > 1100ft of cable. Is it a dumb idea to instead put a KXPA100 or maybe a > KPA500 at the end of the run at the antenna base and make the long cable run > between the KX3 and the amplifier rather than a straight run from my shack? > Are there other better/cheaper solutions? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-remote-transmitting-tp7572708.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
