[TowerTalk] 5el-20m KLM monobander-High SWR

[Dave Hachadorian]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:06:15 EDT DF3KV at aol.com writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> I also have a problem with such antenna:
> 
> This one I mounted today to the side of my steel-lattice tower with
> 32" face.
> This raised the SWR within the band and put its resonance to
> 14480Kc (lowest SWR 1.1),.
> Before, with  a rotable pipe mast on the other tower the antenna was 
> in tune.

I don't think a 32" tower would have any effect
on 20 meters. Is there another antenna near the
20, or a set of guy wires?

Sometimes antenna analyzers tell lies. If you
were using an analyzer, try your measurement
with a regular swr bridge.

Otherwise, there must be something wrong with
the antenna.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ