As others have said, use the cw mode.  I'd also suggest that you limit power 
to 5 or 10 watts.  You don't want to throw full power into an unknown 
antenna.   The fact that someone else had this antenna  working well at 
another location is very nice, but has little bearing on how it will perform 
at your location.

It's a great antenna, even though  it looks like  something from a 7th grade 
science fair project.   I hope it's in a location that you can get to 
without trouble, because it will most likely have to come down several times 
for adjustment.

Flat swr doesn't mean everything is fine.  A dummy load has a flat swr but 
won't give you much dx.    Like it or not, you can't get away without some 
sort of ground system.

73, Steve KW3A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 4:30 PM
Subject: swrs and testing


> Another quick question, I know my dad used to check swr's on cb radios
> by whistling while transmitting.  I never heard that on the ham bands
> and I am kind of embarrassed to say that I on't whistle.  So my question
> is how do I check swr's?  Also, if the swr's or ok does that then mean
> that I am transmitting ok?
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