Hey, Pat, there may be something to your approach, at times.
To be honest, I don't think I even knew the swr's associated with my G5RV
either, up until I started taking readings within the past week as I worked
on setting up my TS480.
So, I guess I was living in a bit of ignorant bliss as well.
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
> 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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