Ghost or Carolina Reaper chilies, yes! RF or poison oak...NO! 73, Ed N3CMI
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Hank via Elecraft Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2022 7:13 PM To: Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft AX-1 Whip Antenna Sometimes the burn feels good! > On Sep 25, 2022, at 7:17 PM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > No. But try on a little poison oak followed by a hot shower. OMG. That’s the > nice burn. > > ---- > elecraft.com > >> On Sep 25, 2022, at 12:11 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There is no such thing as a "nice" RF burn. >> >> 73, >> >> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >> Sparks NV DM09dn >> Washoe County >> >> Steve L wrote on 9/24/2022 6:36 PM: >>> Caution when using this location: Make sure your counterpoise is insulated >>> and there’s no way to contact bare metal at this point with your hand when >>> using the KX2 hand-held ‘walkie-talkie’ style. I received a nice RF burn >>> on my hand at this point once! >>> >>> Steve >>> AA8AF >>> >>>>> On Sep 24, 2022, at 3:37 PM, Dan Presley <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The other nice feature of the KX2 is the mini banana jack on the side of >>>> the radio for attaching the counterpoise . It’s perfect for pedestrian >>>> mobile and should you encounter some sort of snag it’ll pop out before the >>>> wire breaks.Wayne can better comment than me,but I believe the resonance >>>> of the AX1 (or AX2 I presume) it’s not right within the 20M band, but >>>> close. The auto tuner easily takes care of matching and as Wayne mentioned >>>> earlier compensates for all of the other variables. Just a note that the >>>> AX2 is a single band coil and can be modified for different bands. Plus >>>> it’s even a lot lower profile than the AX1. >>>> If you want to see some fun videos of using the AX1 directly attached to >>>> the KX2 search on YouTube for HB9BZG-SOTA from the Swiss Alps! >>>> >> >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. >> www.avg.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
