Topband: 5/160 installation results report

[Sam M]

Paul Marbourg wrote:

> It was my understanding that he has
> corrected this engineering oversight with the reed switch.  Perhaps you
> purchased your 5-160RT prior to a couple of years ago?  If so, or if Charley
> still has not corrected the problem, you will need to change out the type of
> magnetic reed switch inside your antenna.
> 
wow, lots of effort on your part to correct those problems.
Thankfully I am not having any rfi type issues with my current setup, that may 
or may not change with the addition of my new 300w amplifier, we shall see. Also 
If I ever go to an automatic tuner I will keep your solutions in mind!

My 5/160 was just purchased about 30 days ago, so that should mean I am one of 
the fortunate ones who are enjoying all your and Charlie's efforts to correct 
that sensor problem.

At this point I tend to think the error on the MFJ 1922B counters readings is 
due to the 4 counts per one complete revolution. That combined with me going 
past the sweet spot and reversing and bumping the up/down switch back and forth 
a few times......
I can understand after a full days operating consisting of maybe 10-12 band 
change excursions, combined with my tendency to want to be 'dead on' the lowest 
swr, rather than 'close enough' and then feeding that into a tuner to finalize 
the issue and 'make things right........ Probable that part of the issue is 
simply my operating habits.

Thanks again for the feedback.
-- 
GB & 73
KA5OAI
Sam Morgan
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