I used circa 45ft wire vertical with a few radials and k2 or k3. When connected directly or via a short run of TV line, the built-in tuner tunes down to 80 but 160m needs extra inductance. With BL1 balun any frequencies can be tuned but the balun gets hot. A better choice is to use an external tuner (without any balun) and connect the radio and the tuner by a balun. The balun made by wrapping 10 turns of RG174 on a toroid is excellent and does not heat at all.
The performance with a few radials is excellent at beachside locations (160m DX!) and poor inland especially if ground mounted and with lots of obstructions. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/43%27-Vertical-and-the-K2-tuner-tp2481408p2486236.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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
