For a better check on antenna SWR with the antenna located near the ground -
point it straight up with the reflector above the ground. A yagi pretty
much ignores everything in back of the reflector.
de Paul, W8AEF
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> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:23 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] A3S
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> K8fu@aol.com wrote:
> > I think I got to verbose in trying to express the swr. With the
> > antenna 22' in the air the swr on 10 and 15 were perfect (antenna
> > tuned for the lower end of the cw band) but the swr for 30
> was 3 to 1.
>
> Assume you meant to type 20 here.
>
> > With the ant on saw horses 3' above the ground the 10 and 15 meter
> > readings remain the same but 20m now exhibits an absolute
> flat swr @
> > 13.800 only 200kc below the targeted freq.
> > What's up with this ????????????????????
>
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