The KX3 works superbly well with a voltage probe antenna, such as the
PA0DRT Mini Whip design.
I've used my KX3 with a NASA Marine HF Active Antenna, too.
All small, neat, tidy and high performance for listening. Performance
comparing very well with full-size antennas.
Chris
G5VZ / WG5VZ
On 18/08/14 17:10, Chris Chien wrote:
I agree. I used a short whip simply to see if the KX3 is suitable for
portable SWLs.
In this case, I would say a short whip doesn't make KX3 a descent shortwave
receiver.
73,
AC9FU
2014-08-18 23:59 GMT+08:00 Wayne Burdick <[email protected]>:
The Grudig has more gain because it is designed to be used with a short
whip. The KX3 is built for high dynamic range with full-size antennas, so
it will perform better with a long wire, dipole, vertical, etc., cut for
the band in use.
But if you have no choice but to use a short whip with the KX3 sometimes,
you can increase the PREAMP menu setting to 30 dB (a per-band setting).
73,
Wayne
N6KR
On Aug 18, 2014, at 7:46 AM, Chris Chien <[email protected]> wrote:
Someone said the KX3 makes a descent shortwave receiver using telescopic
antenna.
I connected a whip antenna with loading coil for 20m, and compared the
performance side by side to a Grundig G3 shortwave radio. The latter was
using its own internal telescopic antenna.
However, the G3 radio turned out to be better than the KX3 in terms of
both
signal strength and clarity on SSB and AM.
Is this normal for KX3? Has anyone ever tried using the KX3 with a simple
whip?
73,
AC9FU
Chris
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