I Know it is a compromised design but it may be all I will have soon. We are moving 400+ miles north from FL into the mountains of NC this weekend. I'll be living in an upstairs condo so putting the AX-1 in a window may be the best I can do. I don't think the ceiling is high enough for my Wolf River Coils but I may be able to get a hamstick to work.
I will definitely give the AX-1 a proper trial on my IC-705. *Marshall Harrison, * *W4MKH* On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 3:08 PM Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Then we shrank it by 70% (AX2 :) > > Wayne > > > > On Sep 19, 2022, at 11:32 AM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> > wrote: > > > > Wayne is quite proud of that antenna design for its intended purpose, > walking/biking portable. We chatted about it at Visalia when his design was > still on paper. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > > On 9/19/2022 10:53 AM, David Gilbert wrote: > >> A comparison to any other antenna would be useful. A comparison to a > 50 ohm resistor with a similar counterpoise wire would be even more useful > as a baseline measurement. If anyone wants to lend me their AX1 I will do > that. > >> 73, > >> Dave AB7E > >> On 9/19/2022 10:33 AM, Ron Gruner wrote: > >>> I've been impressed by how well my little AX-1 whip antenna performs > on 20 > >>> meters. Here's a photo of the rig: > https://gruner.com/k4rhg/andover_ma.png > >>> and the propagation map: > https://gruner.com/k4rhg/wspr_2watts_sep16_2022.png > >>> > >>> A friend, Derek Rowell (AK1WI), gave me a two-watt WSPR kit he had > designed > >>> -- easy and fun to build. I connected the unit to the AX-1 sitting in a > >>> window sill facing west and strung the out-of-the-box counterpoise > over a > >>> lamp shade and bed headboard. No idea what the SWR is, but it must be > >>> pretty good. > >>> > >>> I immediately began receiving propagation reports and within 24 hours > had > >>> reports from 240 unique stations. The farthest was VK5ARG (17,276 km) > with > >>> a SNR of -21. Even though the window faced the west, propagation into > >>> Europe was strong with SV9KI (7,800 km) reporting -26 SNR. The > >>> propagation report is from http://wspr.rocks/ <http://wspr.rocks/> > >>> > >>> I've found that WSPR is a great way to evaluate antennas. The AX-1 > seems > >>> to be performing very well. > >>> > >>> 73, > >>> Ron Gruner > >>> K4RHG > >>> > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to marsh...@gotspeech.net > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
