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LDG Z11 Pro II tuner with an Icom IC-761
On 9/28/2011 6:03 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Mythology went out with the Greeks and the Romans. Modern antenna design requires newer beliefs and religions. Apparently, your practices within the Cult of 50 ohms has failed to bring about the desired miraculous DX. You might want to petition the radio gods for a review of your design before you discard the cult completely. However, there are alternative religions. Well, I've come to a few conclusions. 1. Dipoles with a 1:1 balun work very well. 2. See #1. However, the trees and other things they are attached to are hard to rotate. 3. Vertical antennas load nicely. So do Bird Termalines. And they radiate about the same. 4. See #3. If I had room for a bunch of radials to make the vertical work properly, I'd have room for a real antenna. 5. Yagis do nicely. _IF_ you have the tower and rotor to put them on. 6. A 102' doublet with open wire feed line and a tuner works amazing well and considering the cost difference is flat out outstanding. #4. Having moved to a small rural town in central Texas, I have a lot of room now living on 1/2 an acre. I already had a used 40' tower and was given the tuner as a bribe to try the 102' doublet. And I had a 500' spool of #14 THHN house wire to play with. Isn't half the fun of all this seeing what works well for you? Jeff-1.0 wa6fwi -- "Everything from Crackers to Coffins" |
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LDG Z11 Pro II tuner with an Icom IC-761
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:26:49 -0500, Jeffrey Angus wrote:
3. Vertical antennas load nicely. So do Bird Termalines. And they radiate about the same. 4. See #3. If I had room for a bunch of radials to make the vertical work properly, I'd have room for a real antenna. I have an MFJ-928 ATU at the feed point of an elevated 43' vertical, with a half dozen radials of various random lengths. It works great for 30/20/17/15. It starts making significant multiple lobes above 21 MHz. I'm going to try a coil for 80. |
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