Do you have a “counterpoise” wire? An EFHW can be very sensitive to nearby objects without that.
Another approach is to use an end-fed non-resonant wire. Just yesterday with my KX3, I was using a 26 foot wire thrown in a tree and a 16 foot wire laid on the ground. An end-fed half wave has a very high impedance. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jul 14, 2016, at 11:40 AM, Andy Clift <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just received my KX2, but unable to get it to tune an EFHW wire. I’ve tried a > home made one and then tried a SOTABEAMS MultiBander that I’ve used > successfully with an FT-857. I’ve checked the continuity in the wire and also > the continuity in the KX2 between the BNC connector and where the wire > connects inside the KX2 (as I removed this to fit the end panels). Battery is > at over 11v. Any ideas please? > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
