I'm in a trailer in a trailer park and I used a technicality in the rules to
essentially put up anything I want, safety and consideration is the only
thing that keeps me reasonably low here. I lived in an apartment before I
lived here though and after explaining to the landlord what I wanted to do
and why, basically I was just told not to make it look ridiculous so I hid
the antennas for UHF and VHF in trees, no one could see them and the HF wire
antenna you could see but it was nowhere near the ground, went between 2
trees was about 50 feet high and I never had a problem until the tree came
down in a storm. The landlord helped me fish my antennas out of the trees
though and told me go ahead and put them back up. Problem is, for a lot of
reasons we were getting ready to move then so I didn't bother. I find as
long as you can present a landlord with a plan to keep things from looking
too crazy, they usually let you or at least consider it. Even here where I
am now, I was only asked after things were up not to go too high in case
something breaks and it comes down, they would rather it not fall in anyone
else's yard by too much but they admit, as the rules I signed were written
when I signed them, as long as it's attached to the house, there's nothing
they can do about it and since that's good as long as I live here, there's
no point rewriting them. I signed what I signed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Busch" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: Question on interpreting TW2 Readings with TMV71A At Home QTH
> John; you said you are tight on space. do you live in a house or=20
> apartm,ent and, if it's the latter, what do you do for antenna usage. =20
> From what I am understanding here, you cannot use only one antenna to=20
> reach all of the frequency bands you just said you use with the TS2000!=20
> So how is it done, please?
> 73
> KC9UIE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
> To: BLIND-HAMS <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sat, May 17, 2014 6:46 pm
> Subject: Re: Question on interpreting TW2 Readings with TMV71A At Home=20
> QTH
>
> I used to have the diamond X200, sold it when I move and wish I could=20
> afford
> another one but as I recall, there wasn't much adjustment in it. The=20
> one
> thing you might check though is where the 2 halves join, make sure,=20
> very
> sure, you got the rod out of the center of the fiberglass enough to get=20
> to
> the Phillips screw in the coupler and slid it over the shaft that=20
> sticks out
> of the other half of the antenna and tightened it down. A lot of people=20
> miss
> that coupler and just put the fiberglass halves together and it can=20
> tend to
> cause funny stuff to happen. Other than that though there really isn't=20
> much
> adjustment and mine, and the ones people in one of the clubs I belong=20
> to,
> fell right in where they should when put together as I described there=20
> and
> play great.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 1:42 PM
> Subject: Question on interpreting TW2 Readings with TMV71A At Home QTH
>
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, I was out at the RV camp site briefly yesterday afternoon, and
>> re-tested my TMV71A out there with the dual-band mobile antenna that=20
> is
>> now
>> attached to the RV, and using my TW2 to take the needed readings.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now that I've learned how to do the TW2 band switching properly, I'm=20
> happy
>> to report that the readings out there look good, and make perfect=20
> sense.
>> SWR's on both 2 meters and 440 are no higher than 1.2 to 1, and the=20
> output
>> power readings on both bands are in line with what I'd expect for the
>> TMV71A.
>>
>>
>>
>> However, I still think I might have an issue with my Diamond X200A=20
> antenna
>> that is mounted on the roof here at the home QTH, especially on 440. =20
> The
>> antenna is near the peak of the roof, up about 40 feet or so, and is=20
> fed
>> by
>> RG9913 coax.
>>
>>
>>
>> Here are some readings I get with the TMV71A, and my TW2:
>>
>>
>>
>> 2-meters on 146.47 MHZ simplex:
>>
>>
>>
>> SWR =3D 1.2 to 1; Forward Power =3D 41 watts; Reflected Power =3D 0.6=
> =20
> watts.
>>
>>
>>
>> Not too bad in my opinion.
>>
>>
>>
>> 440 on our local repeater frequency of 443.900:
>>
>>
>>
>> SWR =3D 2.4 to 1; Forward Power =3D 30 watts; Reflected Power =3D 5
>> wat=
> ts.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd be interested in anyone's thoughts as to what these readings are
>> telling
>> me. Although not terrible, my SWR and power readings on 440 are not=20
> what
>> I'd like them to be, and I suspect that the lower forward power=20
> readings
>> are
>> due at least somewhat to the fact that the TMV71A may be folding back=20
> a
>> bit
>> due to the 2.4 to 1 SWR. I'm not exactly sure how to re-tune the=20
> Diamond
>> X200A for 440 to allow it to perform better, and certainly don't want=20
> to
>> get
>> someone to climb up on the roof with an antenna analyzer to help=20
> until I
>> have a very good idea as to what adjustments need to be made.
>>
>>
>>
>> In the meantime, I guess I'm fortunate in that the only 440 repeater=20
> in
>> our
>> local area is about a mile from my house, and can be hit easily with 5
>> watts.
>>
>>
>>
>> Part of me just says: "If it ain't broken, don't try to fix it."; =20
> but
>> the
>> slightly elevated SWR on 440 does concern me a bit.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>
>>
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