[Towertalk] 40 m yagi matching

K7LXC@aol.com K7LXC@aol.com
Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:55:23 EDT


In a message dated 10/2/02 6:45:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mpride@us.ibm.com writes:

> The yagi is a Cushcraft 402 at 100 ft. fed with 3/4 - inch diameter 75 ohm
>  hardline (300 ft. plus 100 ft. up tower).

    Ah - you must have the antenna settings at CW. If you ever have a chance 
to take the antenna down, I would suggest using the 'secret LXC' settings. By 
splitting the measurements between CW and MID, you wind up with the antenna 
resonating around 7080 and the 2:1 swr points at 7000 and 7250. 

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH