Hey good people,

Well all this antenna talk got me thinking about an antenna solution for my KX1. I was reading a Q&A on the Elecraft site and they recommended a 24-foot piece of wire connected to the center of a BNC connector. THen you would attach a 16-foot piece of wire. However, what was not stated and what I wanted to know (not having put hands on this configuration) where do you connect the 16-foot piece of wire that is acting as a counterpoise?
Here is what Elecraft states on their site.
Q:  What's your favorite field antenna?  A:  A rotatable log-periodic at 100', fed with home-made ladder line. (Just kidding!) What we recommend in the KXAT1 manual for 40-20 m is about 24' of #26 insulated copper-clad steel antenna wire (available from The Wireman), used as a vertical or "sorta-vertical" radiator. You'll also need at least one ground radial, 16' or longer (more on that below). The wire can be tossed into a tree, or, if a tree is not available, supported by a portable mast or other support. The 24' length can be loaded on all three bands (20, 30 and 40 meters), and the wire itself weighs under 1 ounce. Performance of this antenna varies with wire length, height, ground characteristics, and the nature of surrounding objects, but in general will be much better than a short, loaded vertical, and may outperform a low-mounted dipole or inverted vee. Even on 40 meters, the 24' length will perform very well once matched by the tuner. A 33' wire length should be avoided since it's close to a half-wave on 20 meters. For 80 m, a resonant antenna is recommended. It should be possible to use an 80 m antenna on multiple bands. A loading coil is another possibility to get a shorter antenna running on 80 m.

So, Just trying to figure out the best way to do this and input appreciated. Yeah I should be getting good at antennas before long since I have to put something together.

Thanks,
73
Scott/N3BYY