[TenTec] Antenna is up, but the coupler doesn't like 160 meters

[Marsh Stewart]

Mike,

About how long is each side of the doublet? (You may have already given this
info in a previous post but I do not have it.) 

Marsh, KA5M

-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Bryce
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 4:53 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Antenna is up, but the coupler doesn't like 160 meters

Jim,


The antenna is a doublet up 50 feet inverted vee style. 

It is feed with about 170 ish feet of 600 ohm open line. 

None of the couplers can find a tuning solution


All other bands work fine


Sent from my iPad at Aultman hospital. 

Mike wb8vge

> On Oct 14, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Jim GM <jim.gmforum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike, WB8VGE
> 
> Hope your surgery goes well for you.
> 
> I have gone and still going thru issues with my inverted L on 160M like
> 
> your having.
> 
> 
> How long is your antenna?  Is it a dipole or Folded dipole?  I did not
> see on your post the answers to these questions.
> 
> 
> How high do you have it?
> 
> 
> Your going to find or have found that the tuner you have and other
> tuners will not work on 160M. They just cannot handle a near 50 ohm
> match or less no matter what they claim. All they want is your money.
> 
> So you need to add additional matching out side the shack with coils
> and homemade capacitors made from coax cable, thats if you have a
> limited junk box like I do.
> 
> Any ways the external matching will aid your tuner in the shack to take
> care of the rest.
> 
> It will take some time and it is not a quick fix.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jim K9TF
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