Hi Don, --- Don Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would believe that a W3EDP antenna - 85 ft. radiator with a 17 ft. > counterpoise wire would be just as easy to deploy as an end-fed dipole and > the KAT2 will handle it on all bands without the bother of the parallel > tuned circuit. You may want to consider that as an alternative.
Sometimes I just need someone to gently shake me back to reality... I've used a W3EDP and it did fine as far as tuning it is concerned. I wonder if there's a W3EDP style antenna that is 'bigger' for better performance on 80m (maybe 170 ft) ? I guess this gives me a good reason to play with EZNEC. I did seriously consider the 1/4 wave matching stub (J-pole style), but then I started to wonder if on 80m, I'd have to have 67 ft of 300 ohm twinlead spread out along the ground ... or could I twist it up in a coil (is either of these situations a good thing for a matching stub)? It just seemed to put me further away from the antenna than I was envisioning, and I was hoping to use each half-wave harmonically (3.5/7/14/21) and I believe the 1/4 wave matching stub pretty much makes each one a mono-bander ... but - that's not bad - I'll just have lots of fun making each end-fed halfwave for each band if I choose this antenna. ... but what did I buy the KAT2 for? This is why the W3EDP is a perfect combination for the K2/KAT2. Why end fed? Because I plan on tossing the other end over the top of a tree or two and I don't want to mess with feedline and branches. 73 and thanks, Daniel AA0NI _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
