[TenTec] Is HF Dead or do I have a Jupiter Problem?

doc kd4e at verizon.net
Sat Oct 9 15:52:39 EDT 2004


Steve N4LQ wrote:
> Not dead at all. I just had a nice cw qso with a guy on 10m which is 
> rare! At least the Omni VI works. Did you have a thunderstorm last night 
> per chance???
> Steve N4LQ

Hmmm.  No thunderstorms here.

Just had a QSO on 40M, MFJ 259B says I have a low SWR
into the antenna on 20, 15, & 10M.

It is a very 450 ohm slotted line fed low doublet through
a 20' length of coax to a 4:1 balun just outside the house.

Hmmm.

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