[TenTec] 160 meters, ten ted 238 tuner, part two

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

Mike, just for a quick test, insert a 4:1 balun, between the openwire and
the 1:1 current balun.
Just insert an SO-239 between the 50 Ohm side of the new balun and the
antenna side of the 1:1 balun.
Only use that balun on 30m.  In general you will be better off with a 1:1
balun but you might need a step-up transformer in front of it.

Although a current balun is usually the preferred solution, because you
still have the 1:1 balun in-line, the 4:1 can even be a voltage balun.

73
Rick, DJ0IP

-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Bryce
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:12 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: [TenTec] 160 meters, ten ted 238 tuner, part two

Well gang, 

It's great being able to move again and once more I'm in the shack.

I did some interesting testing with my doublet.

here's a recap

132 feet on each side fed with 180 ish feet of 600 ohm open line. That goes
to an external 1:1 balun feed with three feet of LMR400 to the coupler.

A palstar coupler and the Ten Tec 238 coupler were unable to find a match.

So I added 15 feet to both ends.

No joy.

I added about 10 feet of wire inside the shack and strung it across the
ceiling. Looks like hell, but it's up there

The palstar will find a solution at 1.890 now, but the swr is around 2.7:1

The 238, not so much. I did get it to tune, but the SWR slowly increased (I
plan on modifying the coupler with the high voltage doorknob caps)

Now, here's the odd part.

I have a Ten Tec 253 AUTOMATIC tuner. That tuner found a solution for the
160 meter band from one end to the other.

Happy days!

But, using the same tuner, it can't find a solution on 30 meters.

But the 238 and the palstar will tune it flat.

I don't mind changing antennas, but swapping out couplers to operate from
one band to the other kinda sucks.


Mike WB8VGE



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