I got my shipping notification today. Prepping for my stint as a ham volunteer next weekend in the Bike MS “City to the Shore” ride, so it might be a little while before I get on the air with it. I’m looking forward to it.
On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 20:27 Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bryan, > > > > On Sep 12, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Bryan Brauer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I received my new AXE1 yesterday, and today deployed the antenna with the > > AX1, connected directly to my KX2 a la HT. I stretched out the > > counterpoise wire and tied the end to the branch of a bush, suspending it > > about 4 feet above ground. The antenna is somewhat noisier than my NVIS > > dipole, but sitting on my deck at my Sea Ranch QTH I was able to check > into > > the Jefferson Noon SSB Net 7204KHz with 10 watts, getting a good signal > > report. Much better performance than I expected! > > > Glad to hear you received the AXE1 and gave it a shake-down. Operation > with any very short antenna is a challenge, of course, but sometimes it's > the quickest way to get on the air. > > Anyone else try their AXE1 extender yet? > > 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] > -- 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: *FN20is* ______________________________________________________________ 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]
