I used mine in a field day contest last summer and logged 60 stations in an
afternoon from a garden table and a 20m sloping dipole at 15ft. Fun in the
sun.
David
G3UNA
G6CP
----- Original Message -----
From: "J" <tsc...@gmail.com>
I had to take my primary HF station out-of-service, and rather than suffer
withdrawal, got my KX1 out of mothball and put it on the air.
My current HF antenna is a Barker and Williamson ACS110, a terminated
end-fed Vee which is similar to the Radiowavz EFT-110.
I wasn't expecting a lot from this type of antenna and my three watts.
It's
more suited to 100-1000 watt operation, MARS, E-Comm, it covers all of
1.8-30 MHz.
I was pleased that I did not need the internal KX1 ATU running on 40, 30
and
20 M with my antenna.
In a week of very casual operation, I worked more stations on the KX1 than
I
had since its completion in 2005. Most contacts were CONUS with the
Exception of HI, and several contacts were QRP-to-QRP on 40 and 30M.
I was pleased with the audio and filtering in the KX-1, whether it was
driving earbuds or an amplified computer speaker. The adjustable crystal
filter produced non-fatiguing CW copy.
It was enjoyable to put the fancy radio station away and get back to
basics.
73
Jay
W6CJ
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