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John Ferrell wrote: The 1/2 wave difference on 40M of 7.2 and 7.1mhz is only about a foot. The change in a DIPOLE at 40M would be difficult to measure. I would not change it. Do you have an indication that it needs adjustment? John, When i trimmed it the first time (years ago) I was working mostly SSB so it is great in phone band and okay in the old Novice portion. I am now working mostly 40 meter RTTY and PSK and these are at 7.070 and 7.035. The current antenna shows SWR of about 1:8 at 7.100 and goes up to 2:0 at 7.050. My TS-570S tuner makes the rig smile but I feel it would be better if I could extend it a bit. The problem is there is no wrapped back wire that I could let out and hate to use a jumper extender at the loading coil. I may have to just bit the bullet and cut some wire per the formulas by Steve, K9DCI, and solder it in the middle some place. Still thinking about it. The WX in South Texas is too nice for antenna work. I will probably put it off until the WX is bad. 73, Dick AA5VU |
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