How is the coax Mark?
Pat, K9JAUAt 10:13 AM 11/5/2011, you wrote:
>Hi
>      Well, it is the strangest thing. The SWR is higher at the top and
>bottom of the band, which is what one would expect. However, it just refuses
>to get much below 4 and that is somewhere in the middle of the band.
>   I loosen the clamp and slide the telescoping section in and out a few
>inches , but this just adjusts the point of the dip.
>
>God bless,
>Mark
>
>God Loves you!
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>http://christiantraditions.info
>Please visit my blog at:
>http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 6:50 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: 10 meters
>
>Mark,
>
>Is there any way to adjust the antenna length?   This will work better
>and put more RF in the sky than messing around with dueling tuners.
>Your radio is probably folding back power to protect itself.
>
>Do some swr checks across the entire 10 meter band and see if there is a
>   low spot anywhere in the band.   Then you can see if you need to make
>it longer or shorter.
>
>73, good luck,Steve KW3A
>
>On 11/5/2011 9:29 AM, Fred Adams wrote:
> > I have an IMAX 2000 with a standing wave of 1.3 on 10 meters and with my
> > LDG antenna tuner I can tune all the way up to 20 meters.  The SWR  is
> > pretty high on 20 meters but the LDG AT 1000 tunes it OK.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 8:41 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: 10 meters
> >
> > an 11 meter vertical shouldn't be anywhere near that high an SWR on 10
> > meters unless something's wrong with it, it might be close to 2.0 in the
> > lower portion of the band but depending on what it is, I've seen the old
> > antron99's and the like, solarcom A99, Imax2000, all the same antenna
> > there's another one too, carry a good SWR from the bottom of 12 meters
> > all the way to about 29 MHz before it went to 2.0 and an internal tuner
> > brought it down fine, same with the maco V58 and various others so I'd be
> > more inclined to think you have an antenna problem if the SWR's that
> > high.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "mark"<[log in to unmask]>
> > To:<[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 12:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: 10 meters
> >
> >
> >> Hi
> >>      I was excited to here both the Javanese and the station from
> > Panama.
> >> The only thing was that as hard as I tried, I couldn't contact anyone.
> >> I think that the SWR on my converted 11 meter vertical is somewhere
> >> between
> >> 4
> >> and 5. With the external antenna tuner it comes down to 3.4 and I
> >> clean up the rest with an the internal tuner on my radio. I am
> >> guessing that if I could get that SWR down below 2 that I would start
> > making contacts.
> >>
> >> God bless,
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> God Loves you!
> >> You can visit my website at:
> >> http://christiantraditions.info
> >> Please visit my blog at:
> >> http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: For blind ham radio operators
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
> >> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 4:54 PM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: 10 meters
> >>
> >> Well, it has been years since I have copied J A signals on 10 meters =
> >> like it has been the last couple of weeks.  10 and 12 meters both, not
> >> = to mention 15 meters, has nearly been plugged with Japanese
> >> stations.  = It sure doesn't take much, generally, to work the pacific
> >> on 10, that's = for sure.
> >>
> >> Phil.
> >> K0NX
> >
> >
> >