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Hash: SHA1 "Tam" == t-tammaru Tam writes: Tam Jack, Have you determined that the radio is actually putting out Tam 100W? The light bulb test should give some indication. I have an MFJ Versa Tuner II which has a power meter. It's not laboratory certified, but the needle does go all the way up to 100 when I tune up and transmit. Tam When I first got licensed on HF I went through a bunch of Tam antennas at less than 20 feet with essentially 0 results. For Tam starters, unless you are DX, nobody will talk to you on 75 or 20m Tam SSB unless you are 5-9. This disappoints me, and I really hope it's not true. Tam I made my first contact half way across the country on 15 m by Tam using a 3 el 6 meter beam at 12 feet (In the attic of a 1 story Tam house). Try getting out during a contest, but you really want to Tam get the wire at least 30 feet up. I don't think you mentioned Tam what the antenna is, or what bands you have tried. I can't get the wire any higher than it is right now at this current location. This is pretty much the best I can do, and this little antenna already totally fills my yard and the yards of each of my neighbors (with their permission). It's a multiband fan dipole with three pairs of legs, cut for 40, 20, and 10. My current goal is to acquire a noise bridge and see where the antenna resonates, then trim the antenna as necessary until it resonates in the right places. After that, I'll look into feedline length modifications as necessary. Hopefully those two approaches will resolve my current issue. Jack. - -- Jack Twilley jmt at twilley dot org http colon slash slash www dot twilley dot org slash tilde jmt slash -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVNN4GPFSfAB/ezgRAiGkAKDMq+67zZp4MIp8hqcgHPfT7MwVoACfQKKu /bErYRkiIqpODtXG7DDEuGc= =Jm0J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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