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Re: End Fed Zep Antenna
From:
colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]>
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colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 4 Jul 2012 00:43:14 -0600
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hmmm, if you press and hold the center button, you are tuning reflected 
power, not swr.
You want to press and hold the right most button for SWR tuning mode.
The left most button for the RF output adjustment mode.
Not sure if you can even get a tuning tone with the center button? if so, 
not sure why you would want to be tuning for lowest, or highest reflected 
power?

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: End Fed Zep Antenna


>I do it with mine.  It works really well.  I just push the center button in
> until it beeps.  Then I either use the tune mode or RTTY with the mike
> button pushed to get the lowest tone which is the best signal.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 4:13 PM
> Subject: Re: End Fed Zep Antenna
>
>
>>    I thought of that, and could maybe do it with the TW1, but the length
>> of
>> the screw-driver is what you vary to match it with frequency, so I don't
>> know how hard or easy that would be.
>>
>> May give it a try, though.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 7:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: End Fed Zep Antenna
>>
>>
>>> Hey Tom, What about using a tuning aid that changes tone with output?
>>> Then
>>> you could tune your screwdriver for the highest or lowest tone which
>>> would
>>> also give you a good SWR?
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 8:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: End Fed Zep Antenna
>>>
>>>
>>>>    Thanks, Pat.
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to continue trying to see what I can do out at the RV site.
>>>> My
>>>> problem is that there are just not many trees around, and they are all
>>>> in
>>>> the wrong locations.
>>>>
>>>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: "For blind ham radio operators" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 10:38 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: End Fed Zep Antenna
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>    Thanks, Pat.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to continue trying to see what I can do out at the RV site.
>>>>> My
>>>>> problem is that there are just not many trees around, and they are all
>>>>> in
>>>>> the wrong locations.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 8:48 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: End Fed Zep Antenna
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not to turn this into a G5RV "it's wonderful" session but I had one
>>>>>> 45 feet up at the center, configured as an inverted "V" and it was a
>>>>>> wonderful antennna.  France and Australia on 40 with 100 watts.  My
>>>>>> next location it was a bum installation and the antenna never did
>>>>>> particularly well.  And now I have the W5GI Mystery Antenna, a
>>>>>> modified G5RV at 35 or so feet and I am very well pleased with its
>>>>>> performance.
>>>>>> So Tom, you could do a whole lot worse if you can get up in the air a
>>>>>> bit.
>>>>>> Good luck.
>>>>>> Pat, K9JAUAt 05:58 AM 7/2/2012, you wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>

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