Yes, and I have used a whip for pedestrian with success. A 20 meter Maldol works on that band and my favorite 17 meters. Just need better band condx. But that is our hobby, dependent on conditions. Run 1500 watts in poor condx with super antennas, same result, NADA!
72 & 73, Bill K9YEQ, FT'er for K2, KX1, KX3, KXPA100, KAT500, W2, etc. -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 12:00 AM To: Chris Tate - N6WM <ct...@ewnetinc.com> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; John AE5X <a...@juno.com> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX2 added to Sherwood's list Of course a great antenna makes a huge difference. But I do enjoy the ultimate challenge provided by compromise antennas, and sometimes a whip is all you have time to deploy. Wayne N6KR ---- http://www.elecraft.com > On Jul 27, 2017, at 9:55 PM, Chris Tate - N6WM <ct...@ewnetinc.com> wrote: > > Wayne, > > After I used my KX2 using a KXB2 on the beach on the Windward side of Oahu, > interfaced with a low end laptop on battery power and connected to a half > wave dipole, a half wave from the surf, and hearing the quiet noise floor, q5 > sigs and being heard and spotted all over north America and working into n > NA, the EU and Asia qrp??? > > This is an awesome little go anywhere rig. > > But I do think that a big part of that formula was that nice wire at the > beach with an infinite GP.. and not sure the whip would produce that result.. > but probably could do pretty well in the same environment none the less. > > Grab and go rig.. best one around. > > ~Chris > N6WM > > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 7:04 PM > To: John AE5X <a...@juno.com> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX2 added to Sherwood's list > > Similar to our lab measurements. (Not bad for a 13 oz radio. If this > were 1999, it would have been at the top of the list :) > > Question for KX2 users: Have you tried it hand-held with a whip yet? > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > >> On Jul 27, 2017, at 6:11 PM, John AE5X <a...@juno.com> wrote: >> >> I haven't seen this mentioned here yet...KX2 receiver specs were added >> yesterday: >> >> http://www.sherweng.com/table.html >> >> John AE5X >> http://ae5x.blogspot.com/ > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > ct...@ewnetinc.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k9...@live.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
