[TowerTalk] bIG ANTENNA PROBLEM

Tim Duffy K3LR k3lr at k3lr.com
Sat Nov 15 22:53:47 EST 2008


Hi Tony!

See if you can borrow a different balanced feed antenna tuner as a test.
Maybe there is a problem with your ATR-30. 

Your antenna should work great, so don't give up!

73!
Tim K3LR

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Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:37 PM
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Subject: [TowerTalk] bIG ANTENNA PROBLEM

Can somone help me out, i have a 450 ohm ladder line dipole i made. both
sides are exactaly 123 feet and the 450 ohm line is 47 feet to the atr-30 to
the balance terminals. the ladder line is away from any metal objects, its a
foot away from the gutter with a stand off. I can not tune this antenna what
so ever. it doesnt even move, its fixed at past 6:1 swr. What am i missing
here. I am so upset as i put a lot of effort into the errecting and
construction, can someone shed some light. I even tried a 4:1 balun with no
sucess. any help would be greatly apreciated, thanks guys.

tony k2vi
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