Re: [Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas?

Leigh L Klotz, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : The Maldol 20M whip is fine with a radial 10-16ft and a 1ft or so piece of bus wire clipped to the top with an alligator clip, at any angle. I worked Florida from Toronto on vacation twice with that antenna, acting on Wayne N6KR's lead.

RE: [Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas?

: [Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas? Leigh L Klotz, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : The Maldol 20M whip is fine with a radial 10-16ft and a 1ft or so piece of bus wire clipped to the top with an alligator clip, at any angle. I worked Florida from Toronto on vacation twice with that antenna

Re: [Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas?

Martin, I understand that a whip attached directly to the BNC jacket of the KXAT1 could give mechanical frictions. The BNC is soldered directly onto the KXAT1 pcb without support of the enclosure and that makes it somewhat fragile. Have fun on the bike and 73 from bikeland nr. 1 : Netherlands ;)

Re: [Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas?

Martin, The Maldol 20M whip is fine with a radial 10-16ft and a 1ft or so piece of bus wire clipped to the top with an alligator clip, at any angle. I worked Florida from Toronto on vacation twice with that antenna, acting on Wayne N6KR's lead. But on a bike you may want something better as

Re: [Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas?

Hi, Paul. You may be right! I didn't think about the physical aspect of it. For bike mobile I would be mouting a whip behind me with coax running forward to the rig in a front basket, I wouldn't even have considered actually attaching a whip directly to such a tiny radio! Martin. --- Paul

RE: [Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas?

In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Ron. A very informative answer, thanks! I was thinking purely in terms of the electrical characteristics of the antenna when I read the manual, not the physical, because to me it was obvious that a whip should not be directly connected to the KX1. Makes much

Re: [Elecraft] KXAT1 with short whip antennas?

Hi, Leigh. Thanks for the informative reply! I hadn't thought about the ground since that is the bike frame! I'll have to lookup Budd's information and see what value of inductor to use there or how to calculate it... I'll also have to lookup Canadian height regulations for a mobile antenna :)