[TenTec] Wideband antenna for people who don't like tuners

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

About 500 ft of RG-58A/U will do the same thing.

1500 watts of RF input to the feed line and about 375 watts of output to the 
antenna and 1125 watts of heat to be consumed in the coax.  OH, the coax 
won't last long so you'll need several thousand feed of replacement.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:47 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Wideband antenna for people who don't like tuners


> Hi all,
>
> Want an antenna system with low SWR from DC to daylight? Here is how to
> do it.
>
> Buy yourself a quality 50 ohm 6 dB attenuator. It must be rated for the
> power level your transmitter can generate, and with a frequency rating
> as high as you want to use the system. Put the attenuator in your
> feedline inside the shack. Run the coax to a dipole of any length you
> like, or any antenna you like, or to nothing at all. You will never have
> an SWR higher than 2:1 with this setup. If the antenna you hook the
> feedline to is reasonably efficient on a band or two, you'll be able to
> work stations just as though you were using a transmitter of about 1/4
> the power of the one you are using. And you won't have to fiddle with
> those annoying tuner settings. You'll be able to spin the VFO knob (or
> channel selector) to anywhere you like with no need to adjust a tuner.
>
> You can buy a quality 100 watt 6dB attenuator that is good all the way
> up to 3 GHz for about $300. This is about the same price as a 100 watt
> antenna tuner from Mississippi, although they will call it a 1.5 kW
> tuner. And it works over a greater frequency range, and may even have
> less loss on some of the bands the Mississippi tuner is supposed to work
> on.
>
> DE N6KB
>
>
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