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Old April 14th 05, 01:58 PM
Harold E. Johnson
 
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Is anyone else hearing the harmonics of 3.5795 ?

Bill W0IYH


Bill, I have a little TV set on a different desk in the shack here, maybe
10-12 feet from the radio. With it on, I still can't hear the 4th harmonic
above an "S-0" with the rig on the yagi. If I go to the inverted L, (L
matching network tuned to 40 meters) it comes up a little bit to perhaps a
"S-1".
That represents a level of somewhere around -120 dBm. Maybe less than that
remembering the bandwidth I'm using. Apparently my neighbor is still
asleep, I do NOT hear the signal to the NorthEast that I had yesterday. It
BTW, was no stronger than this one in the shack today.

My homebrew Txcvr is a hamband only, so I can't listen to the other
harmonics, but even the fundamental at 3579 is only an S-3 on the inverted L
(Voltage fed 1/2 wave on 160) with the matching network on 80 meters. That
must be some TV set you're listening to. I remember your article on your
antenna, but don't remember, are you by any chance using open wire line?

Regards
W4ZCB