I agree. I wish we'd never gotten away from the motorized tuners--some of
them were surprisingly good.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 06:37 PM 12/28/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Most of those motorized tuners were better than these relay tuners in
>radios. the external tuners with relays aren't too bad but the internal
>ones, I'd rather not have one at all.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 6:24 PM
>Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
>
>
> > Hi Lou.
> >
> > I've used the TS440SAT and it is a much better tuner than most of the
> > tuners being sold with radios today. You really have to get an external
> > tuner to get anything with as much range as the AT440 and AT450 auto
> > tuners
> > had.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 02:22 PM 12/28/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >>Wow, that's surprising, Tom. With the TS 440 i use the internal tuner
> >>which
> >>will not be happy with anything above 1.5 to 1, and I can tune it with no
> >>problem on 80, 60 40, 20 and 17. But how are you taking your readings? If
> >>you're using the LDG, the readings won't be accurate because the meter
> >>will
> >>be between the rig and the antenna. Lou
> >>----- 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
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>No virus found in this incoming message.
> >>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> >>Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.11/1201 - Release Date:
> >>12/28/2007 11:51 AM
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
> > Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
> >
>
>
>
>
>--
>No virus found in this incoming message.
>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.11/1201 - Release Date:
>12/28/2007 11:51 AM
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
|
