Please bear with me on this one. I saw an antenna design about 6 months ago, but didn't bookmark it because I was searching for something else. Hopefully I can describe it well enough that someone wi
The cast of players: Kenwood TS-940, Heath SA 2060 ant. tuner, MFJ 259. I was trying to use the MFJ to create a table of settings for the tuner. Just wasn't working (never could find a SWR much lower
I can't completely rule that out. I can say that I didn't have any trouble setting up the traps and tuning the vertical. I got dips while tuning the tuner, just not very deep ones. There's a AM BCB s
It took me a little while to understand how a strong BCB station might do this, but I assume it's because the MFJ "sees" the signal as reflected power? I didn't (and don't) see that if I plug right i
ok, a little more testing. I set up on 7.230. I tuned via the noise peak and then used low power to dial in. Both the TS-940 and the meter on the antenna tuner agreed the match was at or near 1:1. Ne
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I was helping another ham put connectors on some jumpers he wanted made up. The jumpers were an interesting cable that appeared to have a semi air dielectric and a very hefty center conductor made fr
okay, I'll give em a try. Just put in an order @ Allied electronics. I went to amphenol's site, and their drawing shows an .125" ID for the pin, but oddly doesn't show the OD. The ones I have might b
Our club has been given a sectional mast system that appears to have been DoD at one point. The sections are about 8ft in length, tapering, and made of plywood. That is, multiple glued layers that cr