Hi, Dave--
Ann Arbor here. Last summer, I also built a 66' doublet, but used
twisted pair for the feedline. Connected the twisted pair directly to
my KX1 with an internal antenna tuner. I didn't' work UT, but I did
have solid contacts with VT, OK, and MD stations. It seems to work a
lot better than the random-wire antenna (28' vertical radiator, three
radials) described in the antenna tuner manual. For more information,
go to http://kb6nu.com/a-new-antenna-for-my-kx-1/.
btw, Dave, our club here in Ann Arbor has a portable operating event
every last Monday of the month. We'd love to have you join us. For
more details on that, go to www.w8pgw.org.
73!
Dan KB6NU
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On Jan 14, 2008, at Jan 14, 6:30 PM, Dave Van Wallaghen wrote:
Hi Carl,
Connected directly to the KAT1, it loaded up very easily and
facilitated
my
first "field" qsos with the K1.
I did a similar thing here last summer with a 66' doublet I made
from 28g
wire and ladderline with 3" wooden dowels as spacers. At the urging
of Ron
and Don, I connected the balanced line directly to my KAT2 and it
tuned up
nicely on all bands (80 - 10) with some trouble on 20. I simple
made a 6
foot stub of ladderline that I inserted for 20m and it worked well.
I thought it worked pretty well with my longest contact into
Liberty, UT
(from Detroit) at 1500 miles or so on 40m at 5 watts. I look
forward to the
warm weather again this spring so I can try it out again. My guess
is that
with better solar conditions approaching, it will be even more fun.
Then again, it may just simply be the "Mojo" everyone talks about ;-)
73,
Dave W8FGU
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