Mark,
I tried calling earlier but there was no answer. Hopefully you were on the
air. Since you are three hours ahead I am not comfortable calling this late.
I admit I do not understand your question.
Can I cal tomorrow? What time?
Thanks- Tom
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Mark Luhrman <w4svo@att.net> wrote:
> How are you matching the coax to the ladder line? Mark W4SVO
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: tom stewart <xring97015@gmail.com>
> To: TenTec@contesting.com
> Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 7:17:20 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Antenna follow up- asked for help in January- need more
> help.....
>
> OK,
>
> Many came to my aid when I asked for suggestions. I made some choices and
> built an antenna. I tried hard to maintain spacing and avoid metal by at
> least a foot. It did not come out well so I need help. Here are the details
> if anyone has some suggestions I would be grateful-again.
>
> 1. Purchase "Ladder Snap" spreaders to build 600 ohm feeder.
>
> 2. Purchased plenty of 14 gauge THHN wire.
>
> 3. Because of room constraints, the legs of my inverted Vee are 31 feet.
> Center is 35 feet high and the legs end at about twenty feet.
>
> 4. Legs to feeder is continuous- feeder is 45 feet from center and
> terminated by grounded shield coax through window pane(vinyl).
>
> 5. Tuner is for now an MFJ balanced- model 974-I think.
>
> 6. reactance is high on all bands. It will only tune up on 14MHZ. tuner
> arcs if I persist at 7mhz
>
> 7. readings with antenna analyzer are as follows:
>
> Readings are at the bottom of the bands beacause I operate CW only.
>
> 7.020mhz r57 x158 swr 10.0
>
> 10.110mhz r168 x 135 swr 6.0
>
> 14.020 r21 x58 swr 7.5
>
> 18.075 r20 x70 swr9.1
>
> Thanks in advance- I know it is difficult to say with this limited
> information but I am at my wits end- about 10 hours into this
>
>
> Tom N7ESE
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