Hi Jim,
The antenna I am using is similar to yours except it is 33 ft on each
leg. (or cut for 40 meters) It is about 50 feet up in a tree and maybe
about 80 feet of feedline to the shack. What I did to get on 80m was to
short the open wire feeder and fed it as if it was a vertical. I ran
just one wire for a radial (just a counterpoise) and it tunes on 80
just fine. It seemed to work OK since I didn't have any problems with
anyone hearing me and also worked a few west coast stations as well.
Couldn't get it to tune on 160 though....
73's Jeff
--- Jim Worthington <ad4j@arrl.net> wrote:
> 2002 NCJ North American QSO Party
>
> CALL USED___AD4J____________ MODE _CW_
> ARRL SECTION or COUNTRY_____GA______
>
> Band QSOs Mults
> 160 0 0
> 80 66 28
> 40 133 38
> 20 92 33
> 15 54 19
> 10 0 0
> TOTAL 345 118
>
> 345 QSOs x 118 Multipliers = 40,710 Claimed Score
>
> TEAM NAME___Southern States Sprint Coalition
> #6_____________________________
>
> EQUIPMENT: FT-1000MP Mk V @ 100W
> 44' doublet fed with open wire and tuner
>
____________________________________________________________________________
>
> Comments:
>
> I started off very slowly, but eventually got a few runs going
> especially on
> 40.
> This was my full-time effort in NAQP in 4 years. Thanks, W4AN, for
> getting
> me
> motivated to do it. The 44' doublet is serviceable on 40 - 10 meters,
> but
> something longer for 80 and 160 would be nice.
>
>
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