Tom,
I've gone along for years not really knowing what the SWR on my G5RB
is; the various tuners in the various transceivers I have owned over
the last twenty years tune it, and I talk to people and haven't
damaged any power amps., so I just go on, dumb and happy!!
Good luck and enjoy.
Pat, K9JAuAt 09:06 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote:
> Yeah, Chris, the tuner tunes it fine.
>
>73 de KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:01 PM
>Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
>
>
> >I wouldn't worry about it, if the tuneer is tuning it, then it's all right,
> > it's not going to hurt anything.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
> >
> >
> >> Chris:
> >>
> >> The SWR readings are both with and without the tuner, since my SWR meter
> >> gives me the actual SWR of the antenna before the auto-tuner in the rig
> >> sees
> >> and corrects it.
> >>
> >> In other words, I believe I'm reporting the true SWR readings here.
> >>
> >> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:09 PM
> >> Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
> >>
> >>
> >>> Are these readings what you get after using the tuner?
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:09 PM
> >>> Subject: more G5RV stuff
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi, all.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can someone tell me what an acceptable SWR picture would be for a
> >>>> 102-foot
> >>>> G5RV antenna?
> >>>>
> >>>> I re-oriented my G5RV antenna today, by making the ladder-line run
> >>>> pretty
> >>>> much vertically from the antenna feed-point at the top of my 35-foot
> >>>> tower,
> >>>> to the coax that then goes into my shack from the base of the tower. I
> >>>> checked the connections between the ladder-line and the coax feedline,
> >>>> and
> >>>> they still seem to be good.
> >>>>
> >>>> My SWR's are a bit better, and the auto-tuners on both my IC746 and
> >>>> Kenwood
> >>>> TS480 now tune the antenna on 40 meters (which I couldn't say before),
> >>>> but
> >>>> the SWR's still seem quite high to me.
> >>>>
> >>>> On 40 meters, I get an SWR anywhere from about 5 to 1 down to about 4
> >>>> to
> >>>> 1.
> >>>>
> >>>> The antenna has its best SWR readings on 20 meters, which you'd expect,
> >>>> but
> >>>> even here, I can't get the SWR to go much below about 1.8 to 1 in the
> >>>> center
> >>>> of the band.
> >>>>
> >>>> Again, at least now, the auto-tuners in both of my HF rigs will tune
> >>>> the
> >>>> antenna, but I'm wondering whether it's even safe or wise to use the
> >>>> antenna
> >>>> under these conditions.
> >>>>
> >>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
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