"JJ" wrote in message
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Dan/W4NTI wrote in message ...


Why bother ? I just used my 20 meter dipole, coax fed with 50 ohm cable
on
7.030. The SWR was off the scale.

I then hit the tune button on my FT-1000mp and that piece of junk
wouldn't
tune it. So I called CQ for a couple of hours. No replies.

I then called my buddy across town to fire up and give me a listen. I
was
S1 and almost in the noise.

So, for an experiment, knowing it was just a lark because the Texas Twit
said so, I hooked up my 40 meter half wave, center fed with 50 ohm coax.
My signal was now 30 db over S9.

Can you get the Texas Twit to explain this for me please.

Dan/W4NTI

Just for kicks, I borrowed a tuner from a friend over the weekend. This is
a
homebrew job. Hooked it to the 40 meter dipole and loaded the KWM-2 into
it
on 80 meters. Made 5 contacts, 3 out of state, all good copy on both ends.
Guess you just don't know how to do it dannyboy.



Works darned great, doesn't it?! Did all my MARS on it, including net
control for nearly a year. So, yer right, apparently the "high" (high all
right) class hams just don't know how to do it!

Kim W5TIT