131 on each side
Mike Bryce, WB8VGE
On Oct 14, 2013, at 6:54 PM, Marsh Stewart wrote:
> Mike,
>
> About how long is each side of the doublet? (You may have already given this
> info in a previous post but I do not have it.)
>
> Marsh, KA5M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Bryce
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 4:53 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Antenna is up, but the coupler doesn't like 160 meters
>
> Jim,
>
>
> The antenna is a doublet up 50 feet inverted vee style.
>
> It is feed with about 170 ish feet of 600 ohm open line.
>
> None of the couplers can find a tuning solution
>
>
> All other bands work fine
>
>
> Sent from my iPad at Aultman hospital.
>
> Mike wb8vge
>
>> On Oct 14, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Jim GM <jim.gmforum@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mike, WB8VGE
>>
>> Hope your surgery goes well for you.
>>
>> I have gone and still going thru issues with my inverted L on 160M like
>>
>> your having.
>>
>>
>> How long is your antenna? Is it a dipole or Folded dipole? I did not
>> see on your post the answers to these questions.
>>
>>
>> How high do you have it?
>>
>>
>> Your going to find or have found that the tuner you have and other
>> tuners will not work on 160M. They just cannot handle a near 50 ohm
>> match or less no matter what they claim. All they want is your money.
>>
>> So you need to add additional matching out side the shack with coils
>> and homemade capacitors made from coax cable, thats if you have a
>> limited junk box like I do.
>>
>> Any ways the external matching will aid your tuner in the shack to take
>> care of the rest.
>>
>> It will take some time and it is not a quick fix.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jim K9TF
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