Topband: K9AY Antenna Question

Pete Smith n4zr at contesting.com
Sun Aug 29 09:07:38 EDT 2004


At 09:07 PM 8/28/2004, Kelley wrote:

>I just bought a few vactrol's from B G Micro for use in my K9AY antenna in
>place of the fixed termination resistors. Looking at some older posts, it
>appears that the way to use them is with a 1k pot connected to the 12v
>supply. Is this how folks do this? There's really no documentation with the
>vactrols, what about controlling current, etc.?
Take a look at www.hard-core-dx.com.  There are a several how-to articles.

73, Pete N4ZR
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