[TowerTalk] Explorer 14 w/ QK-710 kit

[Djordan (personal)]

Today, I connected the TS-480... SWR was excellent on all bands ... The MFJ was not exactly accurate... Next weekend ill try the Bird.  I have a 322D but it only goes down to 25 MHz... 

No tweaks required...amazing

73,
Dave
wa3gin

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On May 19, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Jack <k4wsb at arrl.net> wrote:

> I've used mine successfully 'as is' Dave... not sure how much benefit, if any,  you'd get with messing with the settings.
> 
> At 10:17 PM 5/18/2013, Djordan (personal) wrote:
>> I've installed the Hy-gain antenna on a 60' self-supporting crank-up.  The SWR curves are good and within the bands; 40m is flat at 7.255 MHz, 20m is flat at 14.200 MHz, 15m is flat at 21.300 MHz, 10m is at 28.400 MHz.
>> I'd like to tweak the antenna a bit to optimize it for my favorite portion of each band.  Hy-gain does not provide any instructions regarding tuning the antenna.  Has anyone tried tweaking this beam?  
>> 73,
>> Dave
>> wa3gin    
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