Sounds like it could be a bit short, but a good counter poise might bring
the SWR to what you want to see. I was going to setup the mobile today but
had trouble running the power cables myself so will have to get help, it
looked easier than it turned out to be. I'm not sure when I'll get to try
again due to a lot of goings on but hopefully it will work out somehow.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: 10 meters
> Hi John, and the group,
> Well, I decided the best option for now is just to hang a ten meter
> wire fan style under my 75 meter dipole. I froze my nose and my toes but I
> now have a ten meter end fed half wave. Even though it is working off the
> seventy five meter leg as a counter poise it is still better than the
> ground
> plain. At the bottom of ten it is running about 3.8 SWR and at the top it
> is
> around 3.3 SWR. I am thinking a good counterpoise would bring it down to
> about half that. I just had to get unfrozen for now. Smile.
>
> God bless,
> Mark
>
> God Loves you!
> You can visit my website at:
> http://christiantraditions.info
> Please visit my blog at:
> http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 11:20 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 10 meters
>
> Is the coax OK? Something's wrong there, there's no way that should be,
> are
> there any traps or coils or anything on that antenna that you can check?
> Sounds to me like something's wrong with the antenna or coax and it's not
> performing, plus the radio's cutting power way back because of it.
> --- Original Message -----
> From: "mark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 11:13 AM
> Subject: Re: 10 meters
>
>
>> Hi
>> Well, it is the strangest thing. The SWR is higher at the top and
>> bottom of the band, which is what one would expect. However, it just
>> refuses
>> to get much below 4 and that is somewhere in the middle of the band.
>> I loosen the clamp and slide the telescoping section in and out a few
>> inches , but this just adjusts the point of the dip.
>>
>> God bless,
>> Mark
>>
>> God Loves you!
>> You can visit my website at:
>> http://christiantraditions.info
>> Please visit my blog at:
>> http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 6:50 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: 10 meters
>>
>> Mark,
>>
>> Is there any way to adjust the antenna length? This will work better
>> and put more RF in the sky than messing around with dueling tuners.
>> Your radio is probably folding back power to protect itself.
>>
>> Do some swr checks across the entire 10 meter band and see if there is a
>> low spot anywhere in the band. Then you can see if you need to make
>> it longer or shorter.
>>
>> 73, good luck,Steve KW3A
>>
>> On 11/5/2011 9:29 AM, Fred Adams wrote:
>>> I have an IMAX 2000 with a standing wave of 1.3 on 10 meters and with my
>>> LDG antenna tuner I can tune all the way up to 20 meters. The SWR is
>>> pretty high on 20 meters but the LDG AT 1000 tunes it OK.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 8:41 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: 10 meters
>>>
>>> an 11 meter vertical shouldn't be anywhere near that high an SWR on 10
>>> meters unless something's wrong with it, it might be close to 2.0 in the
>>> lower portion of the band but depending on what it is, I've seen the old
>>> antron99's and the like, solarcom A99, Imax2000, all the same antenna
>>> there's another one too, carry a good SWR from the bottom of 12 meters
>>> all the way to about 29 MHz before it went to 2.0 and an internal tuner
>>> brought it down fine, same with the maco V58 and various others so I'd
>>> be
>>> more inclined to think you have an antenna problem if the SWR's that
>>> high.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "mark"<[log in to unmask]>
>>> To:<[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 12:18 AM
>>> Subject: Re: 10 meters
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> I was excited to here both the Javanese and the station from
>>> Panama.
>>>> The only thing was that as hard as I tried, I couldn't contact anyone.
>>>> I think that the SWR on my converted 11 meter vertical is somewhere
>>>> between
>>>> 4
>>>> and 5. With the external antenna tuner it comes down to 3.4 and I
>>>> clean up the rest with an the internal tuner on my radio. I am
>>>> guessing that if I could get that SWR down below 2 that I would start
>>> making contacts.
>>>>
>>>> God bless,
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> God Loves you!
>>>> You can visit my website at:
>>>> http://christiantraditions.info
>>>> Please visit my blog at:
>>>> http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>> On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
>>>> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 4:54 PM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: 10 meters
>>>>
>>>> Well, it has been years since I have copied J A signals on 10 meters =
>>>> like it has been the last couple of weeks. 10 and 12 meters both, not
>>>> = to mention 15 meters, has nearly been plugged with Japanese
>>>> stations. = It sure doesn't take much, generally, to work the pacific
>>>> on 10, that's = for sure.
>>>>
>>>> Phil.
>>>> K0NX
>>>
>>>
>>>
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