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Topband: Need assistance with 160m Marconi

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Subject: Topband: Need assistance with 160m Marconi
From: WY7I <WY7I@EARTHLINK.NET>
Reply-to: WY7I@EARTHLINK.NET
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:04:14 -0600
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Hi Gang,
I finally have gotten my 160m antenna up and need some assistance on 
what to do next.

It is a T-top Marconi aka a top-loaded vertical wire. The top wire is 
100' long of 12 gauge, the vertical wire bisects at the halfway point 
and is about 50'-60' long. There are right now 24 - 100-ft. radials.

The Palstar analyzer says it is:  SWR >10, 0 + j122 at 1.825Mhz. at the 
base of the antenna.
A. What does this mean and what do I do about it?

At the rig, the SWR shows something like 5:1 at 1.825 and decreasing 
until I run out of band at 1.999.

I have the following:
Amidon T240-K and T240-77 cores.
16 gauge Thermalize wire
Glass tape

What do I do next to get this thing working?

Regards for any advice!

Paul
WY7I

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