Hi
I am in the process of tuning two of the 75 meter ham sticks and I have
the bracket to make the dipole. A single ham stick on the bracket brought a
signal report of 15 over 9. So, when I add the second I think I will be in
the 18 over 9 range. then too when I go from vertical to horizontal that
will give me another boost.
God bless,
Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning Ham sticks
> Hi.
>
> Has anyone tried two of these as a dipole on 75 meters, and if so, how did
> you make out? I find that a G5RV really plays badly on 75 meters in this
> location, and when a friend swept it with an antenna analyzer, it is
> apparent why. On 3.925 MHz where our section net for NTS meets, the
> impedance without an antenna tuner is just 4 ohms! It is much healthier
> down around 3.500 MHz. It speaks volumes about the MFJ auto tuner because
> it will even transform a load like that, but it actually brings the SWR at
> the radio down to 1.4 to 1, but the efficiency is terrible! Since I use
> 75
> so much, I'm looking for a better multi-band antenna and plan to scrap the
> G5RV as soon as I can find something suitable that will fit in my yard.
>
> I've been tempted to look at the ham stick idea as a way to get a quick
> and
> dirty antenna playing on one spot frequency on the band, knowing full well
> that the bandwidth will be really tight down there.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> At 07:04 AM 5/19/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hi Butch,
>>
>>I am tuning them individually and plan to combine them later as a dipole.
>>
>>God bless,
>>Mark
>>God loves you!
>>My ham radio lists.
>>http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio.
>>http://groups.google.com/group/funhamradio-list
>>My personal website
>>http://funhamradio.bloki.com
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 6:46 AM
>>Subject: Re: Tuning Ham sticks
>>
>>
>> > If you have them set up as a dipole, you want to tune both ends the
>> > same.
>> > If you tune one and not the other, you're efectively changing the feed
>> > point. Remember, even though we feed them with coax, dipoles are a
>> > ballanced antenna.
>> > 73s
>> > Butch Bussen
>> > wa0vjr
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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>
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