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[TowerTalk] Radials, resonance and the MFJ259

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Radials, resonance and the MFJ259
From: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC)
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:22:12 EST
WC1M wrote:

>>> So, I went back and forth, lengthening the antenna until the transceiver
reported minimum SWR at 7.150. At this point, however, the MFJ reported
minimum SWR was ocurring at 7.300! I ignored the MFJ's results and have been
operating happily on 40M ever since (the antenna is very broad; the SWR
hardly budges across the entire band.) >>>

    I don't have any input to your question but have had a similar instance
with my MFJ-259. That is, it reads one thing and the xcvr reads something
else. This only happens occasionally but in that case I go with what the xcvr
sees. I don't have any answers to this situation either but I ignore the MFJ
reading and everyone is happy with the xcvr readings.

73,  Steve  K7LXC

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