[TenTec] Problem on 160 meters, Whats up?

[Rsoifer at aol.com]

Yes, and another advantage of doing that is that you wouldn't be using the  
balun, thus avoiding the saturation problem that Jerry brought up.
 
73 Ray
 
 
In a message dated 3/18/2009 2:17:44 P.M. GMT Standard Time,  
safetyboss2002 at msn.com writes:


I  agree with Ray...Tie the ends together and run as a "T" against  ground...

Eric - W7NNN

> From: Rsoifer at aol.com
> Date:  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:09:23 -0400
> To: tentec at contesting.com
>  Subject: Re: [TenTec] Problem on 160 meters, Whats up?
> 
> I  would suspect that something is arcing over at the higher RF voltage. 
You  
> might try tying the ends of the feedline together and feeding it as a  
> single wire on 160.
> 
> GL,
> 
> Ray  W2RS
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:00:36 P.M. GMT  Standard Time, 
n3jbh at yahoo.com 
> writes:
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Let me lay out the question I installed a center  feed dipole it is 138 
feet 
> long. Feed with 450
> ladder line.  Using my Palstar AT1KP tuner which I have raved so much about 
it
> tunes  this antenna on 160 meters at 100 watts cw. Now turn on my AL-811H 
amp  
> and
> every thing (swr) Goes nuts !!! I am
> assuming the  Balun in the tuner is acting up. But I am here begging for 
>  advice.
> Or at least an explanation. I under stand the dipole is to  short. But why 
is 
> it
> loading at 100 watts but not  600.
> 
> 
> 
> Also the amp works great on 160 in to  a dummy load.. Jeff
> 
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> 
> 
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