Topband: 160m Inverted L High SWR

[Bill Stewart]

Good afternoon all, 
I just finished installing a new Inverted L. The previous one was removed because 
a tree fell across a set of guys on my tower, which had to be taken down. The new 
Inverted L is strung up amongst a lot of tall (80 ft +) pine trees. The vert. section is 
abt 55 ft & the rest is nearly flat horizontal. Total length is 130 ft/6 in. I am using a 
4 wire c-poise abt 9 ft high of which none are directly under the horiz. section. 
Each wire is abt 135 ft long. The min. SWR is abt 2.9:1 at 1833 khz. The SWR 
curve is broad which looks odd to me. I am feeding it direct with a random length of 
50 ohm coax. For these tests, I am using a TS-440S, which reduces power at this 
value of SWR (the internal tuner does not operate on 160). Normally, I would run 
vintage xmtrs, which load up ok. I will try it tonight to see if it gets out of the yard. 
  
Any suggestions how I can get the SWR down below 2:1 so the TS-440S will work at 
full power? I apologize if this subject has been discussed before. If so, please point 
me towards that info. 
  
Many thanks for any comments....73 de Bil l K4JYS