TopBand: Autek RF-1 Antenna Analyzer

[km1h @ juno.com]

On Sun, 05 Oct 1997 22:41:22 +0100 Dave_K9NX <n7ex@athenet.net> writes:
>At 02:30 PM 10/2/97 -0400, Doherty, Robert wrote:
>>Has anyone had any experience with the Autek antenna analyzer RF-1.
>>Trying to set up my 160 elevated radial inverted "L"...
>>Is the RF-1 worth the investment ???
>>
>>Thanks......73  Whitey   K1VV
>
>The Autek works really well on 160......as long as there are no strong 
>AM
>broadcast stations near bye. If there are strong AM stations near bye 
>they
>overload the instrument and you will get bad readings or reading 
>fluctuate
>(with the AM modulation). This is really a problem on 160 and 
>sometimes 80
>because of the length of the antenna is long enough that significant 
>AM
>broadcast voltage can be induced. This is even more true with the 
>"long"
>inverted L's since their quarter wave reasonance is very close to the
>braodcast band!
>
>Dave
>K9NX

Would a HP or BP filter work or would it  mess up the readings? If it is
only a single BC station maybe a LC plus Coax tunable stub would help. 
I have often considered the RF-1 but I am LOS to a BC station on 1590KHz
and several others in a 10 mile radius. 

73   Carl   KM1H
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