Wow! I never thought I'd get so many responses to my little submission to this forum. Thank you, I'm afraid I can't respond to them all. Thanks for the encouragement in the dipole at reduced height, Leigh. I hadn't thought of the depth of the water table adding to my antenna height. There is a group of vacant tents that are on the list to come down, they are kind of tucked back in the corner on the camp. That's where I feel the safest doing experiments with wire. Covert is a good thing. The sand (soil?) around here is packed hard. There is a little spike to hold the PAC-12 that is a challenge to get even half way in. One little bit of ingenuity that I am proud of: I did string up a long wire, a little over 100' between tents. I cut the tops off plastic water bottles to make insulators. Seems to work like a charm.
CPT Drew Neve Battle Captain S3 ASG-Kuwait Eager to Assist ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leigh L Klotz, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 1:48 am Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Tricks > Drew, > FB on your new KX1; I carry mine with me most of the time, though > not in > such circumstances as yours! > > I don't know your topography, but if the soil conductivity is > poor, you > might consider the following: > > The PAC-12 depends on ground coupling and good soil conductivity, > so you > may want to double up and/or lengthen the stock radials and even > considerusing symmetric 1/4 wavelength radials if you're really on > sand. > Or turn necessity into a virtue: > > If you're on dry sand, you might actually not need much elevation, > as the > RF ground may be well below you (water table). Others here and on > HFPackhave much more experience operating from deserts and report > this. So, a > dipole at tent height (or even on the ground) might perform quite > well. > Plus you will get serveral dB of gain from your 9K prefix. > > 73 es GL, > Leigh / WA5ZNU > > > but the tents are only 12' at the peak, there are no trees. > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
