Hi fellow QRPers, Today I was testing out my Black Widow Vertical before I hit the Appalachian Trail next weekend. I threw the coil up at four feet using 25lb test fishing line and hooked up the radiator and six radials. It loaded up on 20m, 30m and 40m perfectly without using the tuner in my KX1! My worst SWR was 1.4:1 on 40m with 20m 1.0:1 and 30m 1.2:1. I then tuned around and heard 9A2HF Franc, from Croatia from my backyard. I called him and we had a nice QSO. He gave me a 589 with QSB. My whole antenna weighs in at less than one-pound excluding the 25' of coax! I'll use this antenna for my up-coming AT hike. If you hear WA3WSJ next weekend - work me for a nice Kangaroo Ed QSL Card.
http://wa3wsj.homestead.com/ 72, Kangaroo Ed, WA3WSJ _______________________________________________ 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
