I'll give that a try! I'm still thinking about some arrangement of using a
relay to switch in an appropriate matching component. I wonder if anyone
knows what the R/X values are at 12 meters?
Ron N6AHA
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Westover <westover@horizon.sri.com>
To: ronc@sonic.net <ronc@sonic.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Adding 12 Meters to C4
>
>Hi Ron,
>
>I have a Force 12 C-4S and find that loading up the 40 meter dipole on
>12 meters works quite well. The SWR IS high (about 4:1) but it puts out
>an acceptable signal..not really a pile up buster but I've managed over
>100 on 12 with this and 100 wats. zzztrying to use the C-3S portion of the
>antenna seems like more of a dummy load!
>
>73 & GL,
>Doug W6JD
>
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