If the Swr is better below 145 than above the radiator must be over
length. You need to trim it or match it. If you are measuring through
lot of coax the match at the antenna is a lot worse than 3:1.

Any kind of choke arrangement amounts to working on the wrong problem
to me.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:17:44 GMT, "K. Hastings"
wrote:


John Ferrell W8CCW

Thanks John - I may have thought the balun assembly was somehow involved.
I'm new to the group and a fairly new amateur, and your respone was the only
one that dealt with my question.

What I thought was a relevant description was mis-read as "excess verbiage"
I guess. I'll try trimming the loop, and hope also to cure the electronic
thermostat problem which is fairly significant.

73

Kevin

e"John Ferrell" wrote in message
...
If the Swr is better below 145 than above the radiator must be over
length. You need to trim it or match it. If you are measuring through
lot of coax the match at the antenna is a lot worse than 3:1.

Any kind of choke arrangement amounts to working on the wrong problem
to me.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:17:44 GMT, "K. Hastings"
wrote:


John Ferrell W8CCW