Not yet. ... He has had some recent medical problems that have prevented 
that from happening.

Did have my first QSO on 160 last night though.  It was at the bottom of the 
band on 18.30 MHZ with W8JI from Georgia.

He gave me a 599, and said I had a great CW signal, so I think I'm making 
progress.

The SWR's at the top of 160 are still around 10.1 to 1, but oddly enough, 
the auto tuner in the TS590 tunes the antenna, even at the top of the band. 
Why, I'm not sure.

My lowest SWR reading is about 2 to 1 around 18.30 MHZ.  I am still not 
quite sure where the point of resonance is, but I would think it's in there 
somewhere.  I may put the analyzer on the antenna again, although as we have 
discussed before, it seems pretty much useless on 160 meters because of the 
nearby local A M broadcast station.

So, in summary, the bottom line is that the 160 meter sloper now tunes 
throughout the band with the TS590, and I'm at least making some contacts.

I think there is some tweaking to do, and I won't feel totally comfortable 
until I find out exactly where the antenna is truly resonating, and whether 
my measured SWR readings are really accurate.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: Need helping making sense out of contradictory SWR readings


> did The man who designed them come to help you?