[TenTec] Ok, Off Topic, but long time no talk to folks...

[Dave Tipton]

I just found something by MFJ called a MFJ-934 which is a tuner with a built in artificial ground... I think I may give this a shot.  I'm reading through the manual now, and it appears that I can use it with a counterpoise and match it accordingly.. Maybe the answer is to have a 20 foot hunk of wire I throw off the balcony into the grass when I'm operating, and then match the ground and the aluminum gutter....  

Richard Detweiler <rdetweil at hotmail.com> wrote:  Counterpoise, absolutely, Needs to be the wave length, also can get a 
artificual ground, use it with the counter poise. ( TT I think made one )

gutter, maybee but 'low' power, like 10 watts. Joints are good source for 
rectification.

Watch out for TVI, a real headache with TV's, especially older ones.

Watch out for Phone Interference, might want to filter your lines but 
really even that might not help.

Would try a vertical maybe mobile antenna with a gound plane, 3 wires the 
length of the band needed, I've found that you can use ribbon cable. then 
split up several wires leaving what looks like one wire but is actually 
several different lengths of wire for the desired bands.

Speaking of which, have you thought about going mobile? much better 
situation.

Tuner ' yes ' or better yet, base load the antenna with a coil.

Can try a high guage magnet wire strung around the outside, again low 
power...

lots of ideas, but really is a matter of practicality and what you want to 
do.

Best wishes,
Rich
K5SF



>From: Dave Tipton 
>Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment 
>To: tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: [TenTec] Ok, Off Topic, but long time no talk to folks...
>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:10:18 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I have found myself living in Southern California for the next 6 months. 
>Worse yet, in a 850 sq foot apartment. While this is not ALL bad, it does 
>create some real issues.
>
> That said...
>
> I'm contemplating running a sheet metal screw straight into the gutter 
>that runs out side of my balcony. It's about 20 feet tall, connected to a 
>30 foot wide section. An Inverted L sorta...
>
> What would be the absolute best way to load this? I'm on the second 
>floor.. Can't put in a real ground system. Should I get a 35 foot spool of 
>wire and try to make a counterpoise by unrolling it? I can snake it around 
>my living room.
>
> Ok guys, let's hear your suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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