[TowerTalk] bIG ANTENNA PROBLEM

[Dennis A. Homerick]

Tony:
    parallel a few 2 watt resistors to give you 400-500 ohms and install at 
balanced output of tuner. Put a few watts into tuner at desired frequency. 
Check the results. If that is ok, reinstall ladder line and put resistors at 
antenna end of ladder line and repeat at desired frequency again. You should 
now have a better understanding of where the problem lies.

Dennis, w8nw

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k2vi" <k2vi at cox.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 6:37 PM
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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