Brian, Set the antenna up for the low end and use a remotely switched relay to short out coil turns when you want the higher end of the band.
Barry, KF5GC --- Brian Sherrod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 23 April 2006 2:47 pm, Rick Brashear > wrote: > > I have a Butternut vertical with a 160 meter coil > modification I am > > temporarily using for top band. It seemed I was > hearing more AM around > > 1.880 - 1.885 at first, but now seems to be around > 1.985 or has my mind > > played another trick on me? Needless to say, my > vertical will not begin > > to stretch that far, so I need to make a decision > as to which end to set > > it. Any suggestions as to where I am likely to > get in on the most AM? > > > If I remember right, 1.880 - 1.9 or so had most the > AM activity. There used > to be an ol' buzzard BC-610 group that met around > 1.985 or so, but I don't > know if they are still around. I haven't been on > the air in some time > (fixing to change that), so someone else might have > better advice on this. > > 73, > Brian / w5ami > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul > Courson/wa3vjb > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
