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

[Jerry Haigwood]

You can drape it from a tree, wooden pole, etc.  As long as it is not near
any metal, it will be fine.  Get creative here.  Do not wind it on itself
and keep it 12 inchs away from itself (i.e. do not let it cross over itself.
Jerry W5JH
"building something without experimenting is just solder practice"

-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Bryce
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:41 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Cc: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Antenna is up, but the coupler doesn't like 160 meters


What in the world would I do with all the feedline?

That's 60 feet 

Mike wb8vge

Sent from my iPad

> On Oct 15, 2013, at 7:34 PM, "Jerry Haigwood" <jerry at w5jh.net> wrote:
> 
> Bob and the group,
>    If Mike would extend his feed line to 241 feet (as you have been 
> saying), he would have an SWR at the end of the line of about 2.5-3.0.  
> This is a SWR that can be easily matched by the 238 or most any other 
> tuner.  His loss will be about 22-25% due mainly to the high SWR on the
long feed line.
> Still 75% radiation isn't all that bad.  I have had a lot worse....  
> ;-) Jerry W5JH "building something without experimenting is just 
> solder
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