Finish it up mark - ten has been wonderful.
Pat, K9JAUAt 02:32 PM 11/5/2011, you wrote:
>Hi John, and the group,
> Well, I decided the best option for now is just to hang a ten meter
>wire fan style under my 75 meter dipole. I froze my nose and my toes but I
>now have a ten meter end fed half wave. Even though it is working off the
>seventy five meter leg as a counter poise it is still better than the ground
>plain. At the bottom of ten it is running about 3.8 SWR and at the top it is
>around 3.3 SWR. I am thinking a good counterpoise would bring it down to
>about half that. I just had to get unfrozen for now. Smile.
>
>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 John Miller
>Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 11:20 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: 10 meters
>
>Is the coax OK? Something's wrong there, there's no way that should be, are
>there any traps or coils or anything on that antenna that you can check?
>Sounds to me like something's wrong with the antenna or coax and it's not
>performing, plus the radio's cutting power way back because of it.
>--- Original Message -----
>From: "mark" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 11:13 AM
>Subject: Re: 10 meters
>
>
> > 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!
> > 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 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
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