Thanks, Dave. I have the 2002 CD.
73,
Scott K4VWK
-----Original Message-----
>From: d.e.warnick@comcast.net
>Sent: Mar 20, 2009 9:16 AM
>To: Scott Harwood <scotthsr@earthlink.net>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
><tentec@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Problem on 160 meters, Whats up?
>
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>
>The article was in the April 2002 issue. When on the ARRL site, you can query
>for article name, or author or date.
>
>
>
>Dave
>
>WA3MKB
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Harwood" <scotthsr@earthlink.net>
>To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
>Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:44:11 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Problem on 160 meters, Whats up?
>
>Thanks, Bob. Actually, I should have pointed out in my original post the loop
>was designed for max performance on 80 meters and above. I have a separate
>160 meter antenna system. I was just agreeing that the BT1500 does not
>perform well on small antennas on 160.
>
>Also, please advise what date Kirk Kleinschmidt's article appeared in QST.
>I'd like to review it.
>
>Regards,
>
>Scott K4VWK
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
>>Sent: Mar 19, 2009 1:09 PM
>>To: tentec@contesting.com
>>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Problem on 160 meters, Whats up?
>>
>>Hmmm interesting Scott; don't hold me to this but your loop may be
>>just a wee bit too small. If you could add another 70 feet to it and
>>get it up to 0.8 wave for 160 then maybe the palstar could handle it
>>if the components have the range. I have a friend who runs a BT1500
>>on 160 at 1.5 kw but his loop is around 500 feet long. I'm planning
>>on getting one of those MFJ balanced RF amp meters too.
>>
>>To the fellow with the AT5K, yes, the AT line of Palstars are
>>unbalanced--read Kirk Kleinschmidt's QST article A Balanced Every Day
>>Approach to All-Band Bliss on how all his problems with RFI etc went
>>away when he switched from an unbalanced tuner to a true balanced one
>>(two parallel variable Ls and one or two variable caps across them)
>>for feeding his window line and loop. The article chronicles his
>>migration from a horiz. loop fed with coax and a SGC smart tuner and
>>balun on the high Z side to window line, balanced tuner and a 1:1 unun
>>on the low Z 50 ohm side.
>>
>>The unbalanced tuner mfr's are crafty--they may say something like "my
>>tuner will work with a balanced feedline" which is true depending on
>>how you define "work" but they won't say "my tuner is balanced" which
>>is what you need.
>>
>>73
>>
>>rob / k5uj
>>
>><<<Not intending to be repetitive, but I also have a BT1500A and
>>concur it is an
>>excellent, well built tuner. I use it with a 350 ft. horizontal loop fed
>>with
>>600 ohm parallel line. Works fine on 80 throught 10 meters. It does not
>>work
>>well on 160. I also use a MFJ in-line balanced RF ammeter, and it sure is
>>nice
>>to see equal readings on each leg of the line when tuning the antenna with
>>the
>>BT1500A.
>>
>>Scott K4VWK>>>
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