Try taking the line isolator out of the circuit.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: I feel absolutely hopeless about hf, thinking of just letting
my license, go
> Hi Steve,
> I'm gonna ask on the air about someone helping me out.
> As far as an external tuner, I did buy the Kenwood kt1 auto antenna =
> tuner that's suppose to work with the Kenwood, and I couldn't tune =
> anything that way either.
> 73,
> Trippy, ac8s
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Steve Forst=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 12:55 AM
> Subject: Re: I feel absolutely hopeless about hf, thinking of just =
> letting my license, go
>
>
> Ed beat me to the punch. I'm also thinking an external tuner may =
> help.=20
> Of course the perfect answer is to get one of your antennas=20
> resonant, but as we see from our friend Eric, often easier said than=20
> done for any number of reasons.
>
> Eric hasn't had great success in getting help from local hams, but =
> maybe=20
> your situation is different and you could borrow an external tuner and =
>
> see if it works. I don't know the specs on the 570's internal tuner, =
>
> but many of them claim only a 3:1 matching range.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 6/14/2012 10:16 PM, Ed Malmgren wrote:
> > Could it be that a wide range ant tuner would make some of those you =
> have
> > tried work. I have used some crazy ants in my day with pretty good =
> results.
> > Good luck and 73
> > Ed K7UC
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Harry Brown"<[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 8:00 PM
> > To:<[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: I feel absolutely hopeless about hf, thinking of just =
> letting my
> > license, go
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >> Well, the subject line says alot of it.
> >> Folks, where do I start?
> >> I have been a ham for 35 years, and I now live in an apartment, =
> which is =3D
> >> all concrete and steel.
> >> Here's what I've done so far.
> >> I've tryed isopoles antennas, I've tryed dipoles, I've tryed moble =
> =3D
> >> antennas.
> >> Tonight, I tryed putting up the trap 80 40 dipole antenna.
> >> Receives great on 40, and especially, on 20!
> >> What no matter what antenna I use, no matter which antenna, all I =
> get on =3D
> >> my kenwood 570 is the cw that says swr.
> >> So, I'm screwed.
> >> I've spent hundreds of dollars on different antennas, and what a =
> waste =3D
> >> of money!
> >> I even use the kt1 auto tuner and hooked up a piece of copper wire, =
> and =3D
> >> just threw it over the balcony railing!
> >> All I can say is, who cares any more.
> >> If I would have known 35 years ago, this is what my hobby would =
> become, =3D
> >> I probably might not have got my license.
> >> I can't use the handiham w0eqo or w0zsw hf remote base, because I =
> have =3D
> >> it and everything I need to log in, and Joe, n3ain tryed to help me =
> with =3D
> >> it, and nothing.
> >> Then, when I finally was able to log in, no key strokes would work.
> >> My friend, has an echo link software on his computer, and there is =
> an hf =3D
> >> remote base on echo link, kb8zgl, but when we try to connect to it, =
> we =3D
> >> get the ID, but nothing else, no audio from hf at all.
> >> I hope those of you who do have hf enjoy it for me, and enjoy it, =
> =3D
> >> because there might come a time, where you will live somewhere like =
> I =3D
> >> do.
> >> It might sound like I'm complaining, and maybe, I am, but more and =
> more =3D
> >> hams like me now, and more and more, as we all get older, will.
> >> I miss being able to get on hf any time, just like I could in the =
> late =3D
> >> 70s, with my good old hw101, which would work with any, and I mean =
> any =3D
> >> antenna, and it didn't care what the swr was
> >> 73,
> >> Trippy, ac8s
> >
> >
> >
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