I like Stuart's idea of adding some length to the antenna. Don't know why I had
forgotten that back in my novice days I had an 80 meter dipole inverted "v".
Running an HW 101 that I got from N4NT. When I upgraded to general I just cut
about 3.5 ft off each end. Gave me a good match on 75. Put me a couple of
alligator clips on those pieces and when I wanted back on CW I just went out
and clipped the wires back on to the ends, letting them hang down. Worked great
and no tuner.
Best antenna I ever had was 132 ft flattop fed with ladder line. Think I'll try
to slip some ladder line back into the shack.
Thanks to everyone for the advice.
On Jul 8, 2013, at 9:52 PM, "Robert Mcgraw" <rmcgraw@blomand.net> wrote:
> I trust it is a coax fed dipole.
>
> My 80M dipole has a 1:1 SWR with the tuner in bypass at 3800. To make it
> match at 3550 I use 11.5 turns of inductance counted from full stop at
> the left and then counting clockwise, the C is @ 6 and the Hi Z on #1.
> As to what the slide dial says, it's been broken for years. I just count
> the turns.
>
> Will it match a 50 ohm load at that frequency? Try it. There may be a
> bad C at the back of the switch.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
>> I recently purchased a used 238 tuner. It will give me a perfect match on
>> 40 meters with my 80 meter dipole, but I cannot get it to match the 80
>> meter dipole cut for 3800 down to the CW area. What am I doing wrong?
>>
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