Anybody have one? I am going to stick it in a tree. There are tuning rings on
it. Anyone ever tune one of these? I am going at it alone when I install it. I
am going to use a climbing tree stand, and it will be impossible to tune it when
it is hung. If I tune it on the ground, will the SWR be drastically affected if
it is a couple feet off the ground, as opposed to when it is about 30 feet up?

Vinnie S.

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:22:09 -0500, Vinnie S.
wrote in :

Anybody have one? I am going to stick it in a tree. There are tuning rings on
it. Anyone ever tune one of these? I am going at it alone when I install it. I
am going to use a climbing tree stand, and it will be impossible to tune it when
it is hung. If I tune it on the ground, will the SWR be drastically affected if
it is a couple feet off the ground, as opposed to when it is about 30 feet up?


Can't say specifically for the 2000. For a 1/2-wave vertical dipole,
the input impedance is highest (around 100 ohms) when the feedpoint is
1/4-wave above the ground (as low as it can go without digging a
hole). It is lowest (about 70 ohms) when the feedpoint is 1/2-wave
above ground. As you get higher the input impedance levels off to
slightly above the average impedance of a horizontal dipole (the
latter being about 73 ohms). Turning the antenna horizontally won't
work because it will then behave like a horizontal dipole, the input
impedance dropping towards zero as you get closer to the ground.

IOW, if you tune it on the ground, the SWR -will- change after you get
it up the tree -- and that's disregarding any effect the tree will
have on it's impedance.







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"Vinnie S." wrote in message
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Anybody have one? I am going to stick it in a tree. There are tuning rings
on
it. Anyone ever tune one of these? I am going at it alone when I install
it. I
am going to use a climbing tree stand, and it will be impossible to tune
it when
it is hung. If I tune it on the ground, will the SWR be drastically
affected if
it is a couple feet off the ground, as opposed to when it is about 30 feet
up?

Vinnie S.

I run an Army BigStick in a 110' Redwood. We sorta tuned
it on the mast with the coax stretched all the way out. Now it was a good
match when it was down, it went up just a little
when all the way up, nut not enough to worry about. I also
ran a separate ground wire down from the mounting brackets.

Landshark


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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:20:33 GMT, "Landshark" wrote:


"Vinnie S." wrote in message
.. .
Anybody have one? I am going to stick it in a tree. There are tuning rings
on
it. Anyone ever tune one of these? I am going at it alone when I install
it. I
am going to use a climbing tree stand, and it will be impossible to tune
it when
it is hung. If I tune it on the ground, will the SWR be drastically
affected if
it is a couple feet off the ground, as opposed to when it is about 30 feet
up?

Vinnie S.

I run an Army BigStick in a 110' Redwood. We sorta tuned
it on the mast with the coax stretched all the way out. Now it was a good
match when it was down, it went up just a little
when all the way up, nut not enough to worry about. I also
ran a separate ground wire down from the mounting brackets.


Good enough. How high is it? Is it all the way up?

Vinnie S.

"Vinnie S." wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:20:33 GMT, "Landshark"
wrote:


"Vinnie S." wrote in message
. ..
Anybody have one? I am going to stick it in a tree. There are tuning
rings
on
it. Anyone ever tune one of these? I am going at it alone when I install
it. I
am going to use a climbing tree stand, and it will be impossible to tune
it when
it is hung. If I tune it on the ground, will the SWR be drastically
affected if
it is a couple feet off the ground, as opposed to when it is about 30
feet
up?

Vinnie S.

I run an Army BigStick in a 110' Redwood. We sorta tuned
it on the mast with the coax stretched all the way out. Now it was a good
match when it was down, it went up just a little
when all the way up, nut not enough to worry about. I also
ran a separate ground wire down from the mounting brackets.


Good enough. How high is it? Is it all the way up?

Vinnie S.

Tree is 110', antenna on a 10' mast, about 5' above the top.

Landshark


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and are flawed, but win out in the end
because they've stayed true to their
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to bad, the ENTIRE antenna should be out the tree...
I am not saying this to be funny, but you are not getting out
anyway near what you would if it was.

"George Kinzer" wrote in message
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to bad, the ENTIRE antenna should be out the tree...
I am not saying this to be funny, but you are not getting out
anyway near what you would if it was.

Umh, maybe I wasn't to clear, sorry. The mast is approx
5' give or take above the top, So most of the antenna
is well above the tree and works just fine with an
SWR of 1:3:1

Landshark


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of becoming.

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:12:03 GMT, "Landshark" wrote:



Tree is 110', antenna on a 10' mast, about 5' above the top.


How did you get it up that high? Did you pay someone?

Vinnie S.

"Vinnie S." wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:12:03 GMT, "Landshark"
wrote:



Tree is 110', antenna on a 10' mast, about 5' above the top.


How did you get it up that high? Did you pay someone?

Vinnie S.

A good friend that's very skilled at climbing trees (Yes,
I gave him so cash for that great task).

Landshark


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Hard things are put in our way,
not to stop us, but to call out our
courage and strength.

hey landshark what kind of coax you use i wanna put a a99. in an a tree
also .also what about grounding system thanks.ssb 2238 alabama 73s