Run away as fast as you can! This is a CB antenna designed for the CB band.
It is esentially a 1/2 wave over a 1/4 wave matching section. Can you tune it
up with a tuner? Probably. I've seen screen doors tune up with a tuner.
If you want a 18' HF antenna, look at the Shakespear marine antenna. I know a
few snowbirds running these on their motorhomes with an SCG tuner and they wrok
good.
The A-99 is a piece of junk! Since you are going to run a tuner, why not get 2
pieces of wire, 55' long each, feed it with ladderline, and tune 80-10 with no
problems!
If you choose to run the A-99 anyway, moving the tuning rings UP makes the
antenna think it is operating on a higher frequency. Moving them down is for a
lower frequency. Got analyzer?
Dino - K6RIX
-----Original Message-----
From: Buck - N4PGW <n4pgw-list1@towncorp.net>
Sent: Jun 6, 2005 10:10 AM
To: 'Towers Mailing List' <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Solarcon A-99 vertical
I recently acquired a Solarcon a-99 vertical antenna. I have searched the
internet for a copy of the instructions for the antenna and cannot find it.
Does anyone know where I might find one?
I understand that this is supposed to be a vertical that covers 20-10 meters
(with a tuner?).
Thank you for any information.
Buck
N4PGW
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