Yeah, Chris, the tuner tunes it fine.
73 de KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
>I wouldn't worry about it, if the tuneer is tuning it, then it's all right,
> it's not going to hurt anything.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:02 PM
> Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
>
>
>> Chris:
>>
>> The SWR readings are both with and without the tuner, since my SWR meter
>> gives me the actual SWR of the antenna before the auto-tuner in the rig
>> sees
>> and corrects it.
>>
>> In other words, I believe I'm reporting the true SWR readings here.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
>>
>>
>>> Are these readings what you get after using the tuner?
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:09 PM
>>> Subject: more G5RV stuff
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi, all.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone tell me what an acceptable SWR picture would be for a
>>>> 102-foot
>>>> G5RV antenna?
>>>>
>>>> I re-oriented my G5RV antenna today, by making the ladder-line run
>>>> pretty
>>>> much vertically from the antenna feed-point at the top of my 35-foot
>>>> tower,
>>>> to the coax that then goes into my shack from the base of the tower. I
>>>> checked the connections between the ladder-line and the coax feedline,
>>>> and
>>>> they still seem to be good.
>>>>
>>>> My SWR's are a bit better, and the auto-tuners on both my IC746 and
>>>> Kenwood
>>>> TS480 now tune the antenna on 40 meters (which I couldn't say before),
>>>> but
>>>> the SWR's still seem quite high to me.
>>>>
>>>> On 40 meters, I get an SWR anywhere from about 5 to 1 down to about 4
>>>> to
>>>> 1.
>>>>
>>>> The antenna has its best SWR readings on 20 meters, which you'd expect,
>>>> but
>>>> even here, I can't get the SWR to go much below about 1.8 to 1 in the
>>>> center
>>>> of the band.
>>>>
>>>> Again, at least now, the auto-tuners in both of my HF rigs will tune
>>>> the
>>>> antenna, but I'm wondering whether it's even safe or wise to use the
>>>> antenna
>>>> under these conditions.
>>>>
>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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