I was going to ask the same question about the AXE1. A AX1 was waiting here for me last week when I returned from a business trip. I really wasn't sure what to expect but have a goal of doing more outside operating and antenna setup is always a deciding factor. If you only have a short time to operate, I don't want to spend it all playing with the antenna - and I have done that in the past as I rush along and tangle a pull line or the antenna in a tree. I will keep my wire antennas for sure - but want to get a little collection of tried and tested options for antennas that I can just take out and operate.
Friday evening I put it together and set it near the window and connected the KX3 at 15W. I am never one of those "got it on the first call people" but in this case I got Maderia Island. with one call. 20M was closing up shop for the night so that was about all I got. It has been raining here in SE PA non-stop especially on weekends. It dried out a bit finally on Saturday so after cutting the grass instead of operating, I took a camera tripod and put it in the front yard and setup the AX1. It worked great just sitting on a bench nearby with my KX3. Worked a bunch of stations in the AR QSO party on both CW and SSB. Worked some special event stations and one Ecuador station on CW at 15W. I have the tripod adapter as I want the antenna away from me a bit. It works well but the 2 camera tripods I used (one with long extension legs and one with 3 little legs just to hold camera at table level) did not accommodate the adapter real well. When I put it on there, it made the BNC connection tight against the tripod head - but it worked. In the next few weeks I am headed out to central PA for a fly fishing trip and will take the AX1 in case I get a few minutes to operate. The most likely time is in the evening - which is where my interest in 40M and the AEXI comes in....... 73 de Keith KB3ILS > On May 13, 2019 at 8:55 PM Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Mike, > > > There was some discussion here about a possible extender add-on for the AX1 > > antenna to allow operation on 40 meters, called the AXE1. Is that still in > > development? > > > Yes. As an excuse to get out of the lab and enjoy the great WX, we've been > hiking all over the place testing the prototypes on both 40 and 30 meters. > > The AXE1 is quite rugged. It's exactly the same length as the other two parts > of the AX1 whip. All three easily fit into our smallest KX2 bag (the CS40) > along with the supplied ground radials, a KXPD2 keyer paddle, earbud-mic, > logbook, etc. > > We hope to have the AXE1 available in late summer. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > > I really like this antenna and would love to extend its > > capabilities to 40! > > 73's Mike AB7RU > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
