[TowerTalk] Advice Wanted-Tuning A 10 Meter Telrex Beam

[n8de at thepoint.net]

Isn't the match used on the Telrex antennas a T-Match?

That would require a 4:1 balun (Telrex used a coaxial 1/2-wave balun).

73
Don
N8DE

Quoting James Archer <James.Archer at erm.com>:

> Tuning a Telrex 10M523 (Telrex 5 element beam on 23 foot boom)
>
> After several days of work on the ground working with the matching   
> system and trying multiple combinations of driven element length to   
> the Telrex match position-the best we can get is an SWR of 2.3 at   
> 28.500. We are using an MFJ tuner through a 4 foot piece of coax to   
> the antenna. Antenna has a tuned matching stub set for 28.500.
>
> We have followed exactly the specifications from the 5 page Telrex   
> instructions that are beautifully illustrated.
>
> This is a wonderfully built antenna and we are very keen to get this  
>  tuned up right and in the air working!
>
> Anyone have any golden words of advice, we are of course looking to   
> get the SWR down below 1.5:1 at 28.500
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.  Replies to N3ZS at   
> james.archer at erm.com
>
>
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