[TenTec] was - "Radiates like Crazy"???? No

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Carl brings up a good point.

Although I do not (in general) using an asymmetrical coupler and a balun, if
you place the coupler quite some ways away from the house and insert an RF
choke (e.g., Radio Works or similar) between the box and the 50 ohm line,
then this usually works well too.  It's just not a good idea to use an
asymmetrical coupler and a balun inside the shack.

The one exception I've heard of and believe works is what I call the
"Monster Balun" and it was described to me by Bwana Bob.  Since I haven't
yet tried it (but plan to), I can't really promise that it works, though I
have no reason to doubt Bob.

The best thing going for remote tuners and symmetrical is not the LDG but
rather the tuner from Hamware:  http://www.hamware.de/ (they do an English
translation).

The Cristian Remote Koppler is also pretty good and handles power, but he
has no homepage.  Anyone interested should contact me offline.

73
Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Carl Moreschi
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:08 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] was - "Radiates like Crazy"???? No

I also agree.  A 135 foot dipoe as high as possible (50 feet or more in the
center, inverted Vee is fine) fed with open wire or ladder line works very
well on 80 to 10 meters.  I also suggest using an outdoor tuner such as the
LDG RT-11 mounted right under the antenna on the ground.  You then run coax
from the tuner into the house.  This is a great multi-band setup.  I have
used these many times and I'm always impressed with them.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, NC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M. P. Haynes" <k4beh at juno.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] was - "Radiates like Crazy"???? No


> Hi Jack,
>
> Welcome to the club!  My suggestion from many years of experience is to
> put up a 135 foot dipole as high as possible.  Feed it with ladderline
> and a tuner with a 4:1 balun. It will work all bands and give you great
> results.  You can buy it prepackaged for about $40  It is made by a
> company called Van Gordon and is sold by most radio distributors (Amateur
> Electronic Supply, Ham Radio Outlet,etc.)  If you have room for more
> antennas later you can make or purchase more elaborate and complex ones
> that will work with additional gain and directivity in a specific
> direction (beams, quads, etc.) but as a first antenna you'll find the
> dipole hard to beat!  Pick up an antenna handbook at a hamfest somewhere
> and it will give you lots of ideas and insight into antennas.
>
> 73,
> Pat Haynes-K4BEH
> Hamming since 1954
>
>
> On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 09:42:01 -0500 "Jack Rubin" <jack.rubin at ameritech.net>
> writes:
> > Excuse me for jumping in here, and really, I'm not trying to pour
> > gasoline
> > on the fire!
> >
> > I'm a new Tech with an Omni D waiting for me to pass my code test;
> > in the
> > meantime I'm reading this list and a few others and soaking up a lot
> > of
> > information (including the fact that various folks have had varying
> > experiences and often have divergent opinions).
> >
> > I'm especially interested in this thread because I've yet to install
> > a
> > "serious" antenna - I've been SWL'ing with a slinky - and I'm
> > looking for an
> > antenna with the magic combination of low cost, low visual/spousal
> > impact
> > and good performance. At this point, something like the folded
> > dipole might
> > make some sense for space reasons, but here's my specific question -
> > has
> > anyone had experience with the Isotron line of antennas?  They are
> > at
> > http://www.isotronantennas.com/ - not an all-band product but
> > definitely
> > "stealthy".
> >
> > Thanks and 73s,
> >
> > Jack
> > KC9HVE
> >
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