[TowerTalk] To Shunt feed or Not to Shunt feed??

[Bob Nielsen]

On Jul 8, 2008, at 4:35 PM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 7/7/2008 6:50:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
>>  How about people who don't have antenna analyzers?   Don't put up  
>> antennas?
>
>>  I been putting antennas up for over  50 years and only had an  
>> analyzer for
> the
> last 2 years.  For the  first 25 years didn't even have a SWR bridge.
> Somehow they seemed to  work.  Had to tweak them a time or 2 to get  
> them to
> work.  Built  beams, quads, phased verticals, etc.  73
>
>
>
> Ah, ignorance is bliss,  isn't it?
>
>         When I put up my first  antenna almost 40 years ago, I had  
> no idea
> what swr was. Did I work people?  Sure. It was an 807 with a pi  
> network so it
> didn't really care. Would I be  more interested now? You bet. But  
> I'm not as
> myopic on swr as some people are.
>
>         SWR is THE default ham  antenna parameter since it's the  
> ONLY THING
> YOU CAN MEASURE!
>
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
>
> PS - I carry 2 MFJ analyzers with me now. Expectations are higher now.
>

And I bet you also carry a large quantity of batteries for them :^)

73, bob N7XY