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with 40 feet of coax coiled up, it's trying to radiate the coax, if you cut
that section out, your readings and measurements will need to start over
again, but they'll make more sense.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:17 PM
Subject: SWR's continued
> Well, I took the LDG TW1 out of the circuit, and made a direct connection
> to
> the 160 meter sloper antenna.
>
> Lowest SWR according to the TS590 was 3.0 to 1--not as good at the TW1
> read
> with a 2.0 around 1.830 or 1.840, and when I went to the top of the band,
> the TS590 read "over" until I got down to around 1.900. The auto-tuner
> didn't tune the antenna up above 1.900 either.
>
> Why it tunes the antenna throughout the entire band with the TW1 in the
> circuit is beyond me at this point.
>
> Anyway, despite my efforts to shorten the thing about 9 or 10 feet, the
> antenna still seems a bit long to me.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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