I can certainly add 10 feet to the coax, but, as I should have mentioned
up front, the SWR measurements were taken using an MFJ analyzer
connected to the antenna with about 6 feet of coax.
Kelley - W0RK
On 1/20/2010 7:07 PM, Mike Murphy wrote:
> Just a guess, but your 60 feet of coax is suspect here. Try adding 5 or 10
> feet of coax and I bet your problems go away.
>
> Good Luck!
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> Sent: Wed, January 20, 2010 6:47:32 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Hustler 5BTV Problem
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> I've been working with a 5BTV antenna for about two weeks now. I've got
> good SWR readings on 10m, 15m and 80m. Higher but usable readings on
> 20m. However, I can't get anything under 2.0:1 on 40m. The antenna is
> ground mounted with 20 25' radials. It's fed with about 60' of coax.
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> I've tried the normal tuning as well as adjusting the traps. Nothing
> seems to bring the SWR on 40m down to something usable.
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> Anyone have any ideas I can try?
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> Kelley - W0RK
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