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Re: [TowerTalk] KW-80 trap

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] KW-80 trap
From: Mike Rhodes <weightdn@roadrunner.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:29:38 -0500
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Tom,
  You have probably thought of it already but just remember that your 
MFJ may be seeing a lot ob BCI on 160 and giving you signal strength 
reports instead of SWR readings. You might want to try putting a little 
power to the antenna and using a conventional VSWR bridge.

Mike / W8DN
Tom Osborne wrote:
> Hi TT'ians
>
> I'm trying to built an 80/160 antenna with a Unidilla KW-80 trap.  I can get 
> the SWR on 80 OK, but my MFJ-259B doesn't like 160 so can't get a good 
> reading there.
>
> How much wire do I need on the other end of the trap to get it to resonate 
> in the 160 meter band??  Close would help as I can trim it as needed. 
> Thanks and 73
> Tom W7WHY
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