I too live in a river valley. While working DX has not been a priority to me I have wondered what the effect of being in a valley may be. I do like Lynn s response to what to do. Beyond that I would look into remote operation of a rig on the knoll if its easy to get power there and its a secure location.
73 - Mike WA8BXN -------Original Message------- From: Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT Date: 4/16/2013 11:21:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 remote transmitting Maybe it's just me, but.... I think before I put a whole lot of time, money and effort into getting an antenna on the knoll, I'd do some experimentation down in the valley. Maybe buy a really great antenna, and if it doesn't work, re-use it on top of the knoll. 73 -- Lynn On 4/16/2013 3:58 PM, James Denning 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? > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
