Junior:
Snags?? Yeah, I know all about them. ... One of the things that took a bit
more time than planned yesterday with my Cobra installation was that one of
the ropes that held the pulley up for one of the antenna ends broke, so we
had to figure out how to get the pulley down and re-run the ropes. Then,
there were the extra tree branches we had to cut down so the antenna could
be threaded through trees and other wires from one end of the yard to the
other. ... But, at least it's up now. ... Hopefully, your snags will be as
minor as mine were, although they didn't seem quite so minor at the time!
(grin)
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Junior Lolley KG4ITD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: Cobra Antenna Now Up
> Tom, great you have your new antenna up.
> I would like to hear it on the air.
> We did not get to finish putting the loop back in the air.
> It is almost there but a few snags.
> We are gonna try again in a few days.
>
>
> Junior Lolley
> Amateur radio call KG4ITD
> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
> "Be careful how you treat people on your way up because you might meet
> them
> again on your way down!!!"
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 12:15 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Cobra Antenna Now Up
>
> Hi, all.
>
> Well, I didn't get to do the 40-meter round table today, because a couple
> of
> hams and I were out in our 32-degree, but at least sunny weather putting
> my
> Cobra Ultralite Senior antenna up this afternoon and evening.
>
> The antenna is about 25 feet off the ground, and is pretty much a flat
> top.
>
> Had about 30 extra feet of ladder line, which we have coiled and secured
> off
> the ground near the corner of the house. The antenna is connected to the
> Balun Designs balun, which sits right outside my shack window.
>
>
> The antenna does seem to get out, at least on 80 meters, which is where I
> really needed an antenna. I made a number of contacts in the North
> American
> Sprint contest on 80 meters, and those contacts ranged from Minesota to
> North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and South Dakota.
>
> But, I do have a question:
>
> At first, the antenna did not tune on the lower part of 80 and 40 meters,
> using the auto tuner in my TS590.
>
> However, I used an old trick that I learned from the G5RV installation in
> my
> RV, and a trick that, I think Lou from the list used. .. I added about 75
> feet of coax at the transmitter end of the antenna, and then it tuned just
> fine.
>
> Do you think this is normal for this type of antenna?
>
> Is there something else I should try to deal with the SWR issue on the
> bottom of 40 and 80?
>
> I don't know how much more time I'll have this week-end to work with the
> antenna, but at least it's up in the air, and can be tweaked from here.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>
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