I've got a 6BTV up on my roof; the feedpoint is about 25' up. I have
a pair of tuned radials for every band except 80m - no room for those,
so I left them off.
My best DX so far is ZL on 20 and 40, and VK9 on 80, all with my K2
at 5W.
I think you'll find that the combination works pretty well :-)
Hi Tom.. That encouraging. If you're making DX contacts on the 6BTV
with low power AND no radials, then that pipe must be in water or your
backyard is copper plated. :)
I just put mine up last week. I ran sixteen 30ft radials on top of the
ground using wire staples. It works! I'm getting less tha
Hehe.. Well now I wish I had posted the mic for sale here instead of
putting it on eBay!! :)
The auction ends Thursday night and it's already bid up to $710.00 (I
paid $650 for it new about a year ago - hehe - I love eBay). The mic is
a Neumann TLM-103 large diaphragm condenser. I used it primari
ary 20, 2007 1:32 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] New guy checking in...
Hi All..
Just introducing myself. I'll probably be around for awhile as I will
soon be ordering a K2. I built dozens of Heathkits back in the day and
I've built quite a few homebrew audio amps a
Dave,
Welcome and good luck with the K2. I just finished a basic K2 last week and am
using it with a 6BTV. In fact the antenna is not well-tuned yet, no radials
(but the ground pipe is probably in water), and I am not using a tuner. Just
wanted to fire up the rig for testing, and I worked about
Hi All..
Just introducing myself. I'll probably be around for awhile as I will
soon be ordering a K2. I built dozens of Heathkits back in the day and
I've built quite a few homebrew audio amps and guitar amps (mostly
vintage Fender and Marshall circuits). I have a fondness for tube gear
and I'm cu
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