[TowerTalk] Steppir tuning noise

[WD0M]

Definitely experiencing tuning noise - the problem occurs when the antenna 
hunts across a major "tuning" frequency in memory, causing it to re-tune as 
you cross it - and that's problematic when chasing DX.  Nonetheless, I love 
the antenna!

73,
Joe
WD0M


At 06:03 PM 2/19/2004, Jim Jarvis wrote:

>Kelly,
>
>Good points, all.
>
>1) tuning noise....I thought that might have been because
>I didn't treat the control lead properly...ran it down a
>guy wire, instead of down the tower to gnd.  Did it in a
>blizzard, at ten below zero, and was in a hurry.
>
>2) DX at the critical frequency... if right at 25KHz, the
>antenna 'hunts'....I thought that was 50KHz, but mine has
>been down since May, due to my move. I forget.
>    Suggest you carefully define the problem and feed it
>back to fluid motion.  PERHAPS there is a way to change the
>code to accomodate your needs.
>    When I got mine, if I switched to 30 or 40m, the antenna
>went to the low end of the range, below 20m.  On request,
>they modified the code such that an out of range band would
>not result in a retune.  If you went from 14025 to 10.111,
>the antenna didn't move.
>
>How many guys are experiencing noise associated with the
>antenna tuning?
>
>n2ea
>Jim Jarvis
>jimjarvis at ieee.org
>
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