This will vary from one installation to the next. When I'm not traveling ultralight, I carry a BL2 balun with me. The BL2 has a 4:1 / 1:1 switch so you can try both positions. This will almost always expand the range of bands you can cover with a given ad-hoc antenna. As noted, the balun also tends to reduce RFI on the enclosure and mic.
73, Wayne N6KR On Jan 29, 2017, at 10:23 PM, Brian “VE3BWP” Pietrzyk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Wayne, > > If we're connecting the random wire and counterpoise directly to the kx2 or > Kx3 bnc via the binding post adapter is a 9:1 an improvement or is the tuner > able to drive it directly just the same? > > Thanks and Regards, > > Brian ve3bwp > >> Message: 17 >> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:52:26 -0800 >> From: Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> >> To: Jeff Crilly <[email protected]> >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Elecraft Reflector >> <[email protected]>, Tom McCulloch <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] The "Kinda Random Antenna" (was: Random >> wire lengths for antennas) >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Have you tried this with a low-power balun mounted right at the antenna >> jack? That will often help with RFI issues. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> On Jan 29, 2017, at 6:03 PM, Jeff Crilly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> So I tried this out... using a ~26 foot wire ... ______________________________________________________________ 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]
