Glenn's K3 is on the air!

Geoff helped Glenn rig an antenna on the coach for Glenn’s Elecraft K3 shortwave ham radio.

Note the similarity to this picture taken at WREK Radio at Georgia Tech 41 years ago in the summer of 1968. This was Geoff building the now-famous “Goatmitter.”

The antenna is a half-wave 20-meter inverted-V dipole. It’s supported by an 18’ painter’s pole clamped to the hitch on the back of the coach. It's removed when driving.

We fired up the radio. The first contact was with a station in Tenerife on the Canary Islands! Pretty cool for 100 watts and a little antenna.