Richard,
Just curious. What kind of radial system were you able to put under the
vertical?
73, Steve KW3A
On 9/10/2014 9:54 AM, Richard B McDonald wrote:
> Hi Steve!
>
> Thanks so much for your below. This is very helpful. I *totally* will soon
> upgrade to "General." The contest you mention below will allow me to
> trial-and-error my way around my HF antenna. I will report back about it.
>
> 73,
> Richard KK6MRH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:30 AM
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> Subject: Re: TS-2000 Internal Antenna Tuner & Mode Basics on 6M
>
> Richard,
>
> I'm not much of a 6 meter guy, although my new antenna will work on 6.
> For what it's worth there is a VHF contest this weekend, starting at
> 1800 UTC Saturday. I don't think you work CW, so most of the "good"
> stuff will be USB with the main calling frequency at 50.125. Most of
> the folks will be using horizontal antennas, but there is no reason you
> can't make some contacts with your antenna. The other station will
> just want your 4 digit grid square.
>
>
> You may also hear 2 meter USB around 144.200 for this contest.
>
> As time goes on, you will learn what modes are used where and when and so be
> in the proper mode at the proper place.
>
>
> How is the antenna working? Since you do have a tech license, there
> are places in the HF band where you can check it out and see how it works.
> Maybe prowling around the bands will entice you to upgrade.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/8/2014 12:21 PM, Richard B McDonald wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>>
>>
>> I just got my 6M - 160M 43 foot vertical antenna up, and am now ready to
>> explore HF for my first time. I want to start with the 6M band; since I
> am
>> only a technician for now. I have a Kenwood TS-2000. My questions relate
>> to 1) use of the internal antenna tuner and 2) what mode to be in while
>> scanning through the band listening for activity.
>>
>>
>>
>> About the internal antenna tuner, I know "SWR" in CW sounds if no match
> can
>> be found, but what should I hear if the tuning was successful? Also, is
>> tuning only necessary before transmitting but not for receiving (just
>> listening)? Basically, what's the best way to employ the internal antenna
>> tuner?
>>
>>
>>
>> About "scanning" what I mean here is manually dialing through the band -
> not
>> auto scanning of any sort. So, when doing this what mode (e.g., AM, FM,
>> USB, LSB) should I be in to best hear some activity? Also, am I correct
>> that once I hear something I can then switch among these modes so as to
>> better tune-in the activity?
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks! This is all new to me; so any tricks are greatly
> appreciated.
>> This is especially so for how best to use the internal antenna tuner!
>>
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Richard KK6MRH
>>
>>
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