Hi, Alan. Will the UltraLight Junior along with LMR-240 coax and a
4-1 balun be up to the task? Also, unsure if my lightning arrestor
can hack the throughput, as it's protection is based on low-medium power?
Also, may consider staying away from those bands during the summer,
and goin back to them come fall and winter. Thanks.--Matt, N1IBB.
At 07:08 AM 5/4/2015 -0700, you wrote:
>Matt, if you operate any 40 and/or 75 meters during the summer months, 1500
>watts is very important. I get to suffer thru trying to copy guys on both
>bands during summer on various groups, and those stations running 500 watts
>or less are next to impossible to hear. Of course they aren't trying to
>copy themselves so they have no direct way of knowing just how painful it
>is. When operating the low bands during the summer, there is no such thing
>as running too much power, Hi. I recommend getting the biggest amp that you
>can physically fit in your shack.
>
>Alan - N7MIT
>
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>
>Alan R. Downing
>Phoenix, AZ
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Matthew Chao
>Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 6:25 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Question about Auto Antenna Tuners
>
>Hi, Butch. Don't plan to get an amp anytime soon; may want to go up
>to about 500 watts max in the future, but certainly not 1500.--Matt, N1IBB.
>
>At 11:50 AM 5/3/2015 -0700, you wrote:
> >There is no way it will be that broad banded. A sull half wave dipole
> >will usually cover about 200 kc of the band between 2 to one points. As
> >far as external tuners, ldg makes a good one, depends on how much power
> >you need it to handle. If you don't have an amp, I think around the
> >$200 or less should get you something that would work.
> >73
> >Butch
> >WA0VJR
> >Node 3148
> >Wallace, ks.
> >
> >
> >On Sun, 3 May
> >2015, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, butch. Antenna has an estimated 12-1 SWR at 3.600MHZ, but it
> > > drops to 4-1 at 3.8MHZ. Supposed to work from 80-10 meters.--Matt,
>N1IBB.
> > >
> > > At 10:36 AM 5/3/2015 -0700, you wrote:
> > >> Remember, just because an antenna can be tuned with an etuner doesn't
> > >> mean it will radiate well. I don't know what the swr limits are on the
> > >> 480, I'm a little surprised it won't tune though. Where is the antenna
> > >> actually resonant and what is the swr there?
> > >> 73
> > >> Butch
> > >> WA0VJR
> > >> Node 3148
> > >> Wallace, ks.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, 3 May 2015, Matthew
> > >> Chao wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi, Folks. I have a TS480SAT which has a built-in auto tuner. Had
> > >>> one of my ham buddies come over and test the setup he and his buddies
> > >>> put up, an UltraLight Junior dipole strung between two trees and my
> > >>> house. We noticed that on 3.550MHZ, we were getting 4-1 SWr, egen
> > >>> though the antenna can go down that far - 80-10 meters. Above
> > >>> 3.8MHZ, the antenna tunes up.
> > >>>
> > >>> My question is: if I buy an external auto tuner, will I have more
> > >>> flexibility in getting a match. Are the the built-in tuners mor
> > >>> limited than the external ones? And what accessible tuner would you
> > >>> recommend if there is a difference?Thanks in advance.--Matt, N1IBB.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
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