Thanks Tom.
We little pistols need all the help we can get. Are there any
easy indicators that the choke is working? QSO's? :)
If I could ask another question: I'm running the Hy-Tower with the MK-160A 'L'
add-on kit. Any idea if my entire vertical radiator works on 160 (kind of like
a sideways T) or is the vertical portion up to where the 40m coil/wire addition
is connected (at 24 feet).
It seems to me that it would be more efficient to run a 14 or 16 ga wire from
the base of the vertical supported (insulated) by the Hy-tower as high as it
will support (probably around the 45 foot level) and then out horizonally.
On another note, SWR on 160 with the current configuration is a bit under 2-1
at 1830, which makes sense. Is their a way to tune out the reactance without
effecting the other bands? I use my tuner now that is in my FT-1000MP V; but
would a remote tuner at the antenna work better? (my initial thoughts are that
it probalby has little impact on the overall signal, and that the loss at 160m
is minimal, but I may be wrong)
Thanks,
Greg
K0PJ/9
Hy-tower vert with MK-160 add-on, 4000 feet of radials.
PS -conditions have been poor in WI this year, hopefully they will pick up
soon, but its tough for signals to get
through the aurora belt.
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