OK Wayne, you've piqued my curiosity. Is this the first day of the Elecraft marketing campaign for their own branded version of a portable loaded whip? You discreetly use "a couple different" in your comment, but as I'm a keen-eyed observer to this sort of phrase-ology, I'm taking the bait.
Spill it Wayne - there's not many people reading this list now, so it's not like you're telling company secrets to everybody. When's the new product launch? 73 de VE7JBT - John On 24 March 2018 at 15:41, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > I was out walking around in a local park with the KX2 today, using a > couple of different 48” loaded whips. (/PM = pedestrian mobile, closely > related to “HF Pack,” though I prefer an ultralight version of it, with a > “pack” weighing only 2 pounds.) There were quite a few stations on 20 and > 15 meters, and I had no trouble working everyone I called using 5 or 10 > watts. Oh, and the sun finally came out...it’s been wet up here. > > Just a reminder to those of you who want to try this: You really do have > to use at least one radial (counterpoise wire) if you plan to transmit. > While receive works pretty well even without the radial, your transmitted > signal will be 15-20 dB down, and you may have problems with RFI. This > differential effect between RX and TX performance without a radial becomes > more pronounced as you go down in frequency. > > Short whips usually come with instructions that suggest adjusting the > length of the radial wire and/or the length of the telescoping part in > order to obtain a low SWR. While that is certainly possible, it’s far > easier to let an ATU do the fine tuning. The ATU can compensate for > variations in counterpoise length, bends in the wire, ground conditions, > how high off the ground the antenna is, etc. If the SWR goes up for any of > these reasons, just tap the ATU tune button. > > (This is one reason that all Elecraft radios have internal ATU options, > BTW.) > > Please report back on your own success with /PM operation. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] -- Regards; John Timmers ______________________________________________________________ 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]
