I have one of these and used it a few yrs back with the ground wire. Found it
to be very marginal and not even a good dummy load. BTW, do not exceed the 1 KW
PEP limit or that "Coupling" unit (just a big resistor) will burn up. Any
decent dipole or windom is much better than this B&W piece of junk! - Alan K9MBQ
-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Ryan <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com>
>Sent: Jan 3, 2016 11:18 AM
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Barker & Williamson Model AC - 1.8 - 30 Antenna
>
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>I see this antenna is advertised as usable without an antenna tuner. I have
>seen these used by a couple of guys and ALL needed a tuner. Not sure if the
>one in your radio could handle it...hard to say. But this is the link
>posted by one store of the antenna. Looks like the counterpoise beneath it
>is connected at both ends to ground rods. At any rate, good luck with it.
>-Mike
>
>http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamwire/4075.html
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Warren
>Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 11:01 AM
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Barker & Williamson Model AC - 1.8 - 30 Antenna
>
>I recently installed a Barker & Williamson Model AC - 1.8 - 30 Antenna. I
>installed it as a sloper following the manufacturers instructions. The top
>of the sloper is mounted on a tower at 50 ft. The opposite end of the
>antenna is attached to a post 9 feet above the ground. At this location, the
>antenna is grounded with the counterpoise. The other end of the counterpoise
>is not grounded at the opposite end ( at the tower).
>
>PROBLEM: I can not get anywhere near a descent VSWR using a IC-756 Pro III.
>Please get me some suggestions to solving this problem.
>I have photos if desired.
>
>Thanks to the TowerTalk users for their help!
>
>Michael Warren
>ka5rej
>Bonham, Texas
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>Sent from my iPad
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