Really the only band I can't do with the internal tuner in the radio is 17
meters and since I had to disband my go kit a little due to financial
reasons, basically scaled it back to uhf/vhf only with the 706 as backup, I
took the ldg tuner from the go kit and put that on the TS-2000 and it's all
set now for 17 meters, and I can even make it tune 6 as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: So, I'll do anything to get on 160 meters: Check this out
> John:
>
> It really is amazing that some of this stuff works as well as it does,
> isn't
> it?
>
> That's part of the fun and intrigue of this great hobby of ours.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 8:57 AM
> Subject: Re: So, I'll do anything to get on 160 meters: Check this out
>
>
> That's alright, if you saw my antenna, you'd never figure out how and why
> it
> works, where it is and why I don't have problems. I'm thinking heavy snow
> will probably be a problem but other than that, and that's not even been
> tested so far, but for now, it works. One leg runs across the roof of the
> house and some of it isn't even 8 inches away from the roof, heavy snow
> will
> be a problem there I'm thinking. The twin lead I can about reach from the
> window I run the feed lines through. So far though, it works alright. Not
> as
> well as the old van gordon g5RV I ran for years but close, and of course
> the
> cobra Ultralite was a lot better but this runs almost corner to corner
> across the lot now so the cobra won't fit not to mention I don't know what
> I'd do with all that ladder line. I miss the cobra though, oh well my next
> QTH, for now I'll deal with this and hope it doesn't break, I don't want
> to
> attract attention to myself if I can help it and this is certainly not a
> well made antenna physically. Radiowaves is cheap for a reason. I almost
> wonder if the insulated wire helps me though.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 7:58 AM
> Subject: Re: So, I'll do anything to get on 160 meters: Check this out
>
>
>> Well, Barb, such are the mysteries, trials, tribulations, and even
>> small
>> victories at times associated with RF! (smile)
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Barbara Lombardi" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 12:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: So, I'll do anything to get on 160 meters: Check this out
>>
>>
>> Well my antenna has a higher swr on 40 but for some reason, it works hi
>> hi.
>> Good luck.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of tom behler
>> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 9:53 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: So, I'll do anything to get on 160 meters: Check this out
>>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> As some of you know, I have been struggling witha Carolina Windom 160
>> Compact installation over the past few weeks, with little success,
>> especially when it has come to getting on 160 meters.
>>
>> The lowest SWR I could get on the band was about 8.0 to 1.
>>
>> Jim Thompson from RadioWorks (the company who makes the antenna), is
>> trying
>> to help me troubleshoot the situation, and he has some ideas which a ham
>> friend and I are going to try tomorrow, weather permitting.
>>
>> Anyway, one quick suggestion he made to me was to take a coil of about
>> 100
>> feet of RG8X coax, and put it between the transmitter and my Tentech 238A
>> manual tuner. He said that this length is about a quarter wave on 160
>> meters, and might get my sWR down some.
>>
>> Well, I did this, and it took the SWR down to about 5 to 1 in the center
>> of
>> the band--around 1.850 MHZ.
>>
>> The antenna still wouldn't tune with the auto tuner in the TS480, but it
>> actually tuned with the Tentech 238 manual tuner.
>>
>> I realize that all I was doing was reducing the SWR by introducing loss
>> into
>> the antenna, but I thought I'd try to make a few contacts anyway, just to
>> see if it would be possible.
>>
>> The Canadian RAC contest is going on this week-end, so I made 2 CW
>> contacts
>> with no trouble at all. Then, for the heck of it, I went to the SSB
>> portion
>> of 160, and made a contact with an Ontario station using only 100 watts.
>> I
>> asked for an honest signal report, and he says I was 10 over S9 into
>> Ontario.
>>
>> This surprised the heck out of me, since I know the antenna can't be that
>> efficient, but if nothing else, I can now say I've been on 160 meters for
>> the first time in my ham career.
>>
>> Now, if I can get the antenna itself to perform better, without taking
>> such
>> crazy measures, I'll be in good shape for the NAQP contests in January.
>>
>> I know that I have reached this milestone in a rather unorthadox way, but
>> I
>> just felt the need to share it with my fellow list members.
>>
>> I'll let you know how things go tomorrow when we get back to some real
>> antenna tweaking.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
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