[TenTec] AT-11MP

[Sherrill WATKINS]

Mr. Ames:  The fact that the swr may be high on the coax between your antenna tuner and the actual antenna is NOT important provided the coax is the low loss type and the peak voltages do not exceed its rating.  At hf, most coax has fairly reasonable loss characteristics.  If you are still concerned or not sure about the coax, then replace it with home made open wire ladder line type. The open wire transmission line has about 1/10 to 1/100 the loss of coax.  Remember, any swr appearing on the transmission line has nothing what so ever to do with how well the antenna is radiating.  I have never used a horizontal loop antenna but those I have talked to that have swear by them, provided they are at least one wavelength in overall length on the lowest operating frequency and are at least 1/4 wavelenth in height on the lowest operating frequency.- Corn - k4own


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