That is easy John ... When is Dayton ..?? Remembering the shock of the amateur radio world of the KX2's birth.
Paul -- KB9AVO On 3/24/18, Jan Timmers <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
