Ok I will explain I connected the solarcon antenna to the coax that runs into my house. Gus checked the coax and it’s good. The cushcraft r5 matching box however is not working properly when you put the antenna switch to that antenna you get no signals on any band 20 through 10. So I decided to try other antennas with the coax such as solarcon. When I say did not tune I mean the yaesu 450d internal antenna tuner did not tune any of the bands not surprising since the solarcon cb antenna was in the back yard for years. Finally I took a piece of Belden cable and cut the end to expose the shield and the center conductor and I measured wire for the length of a 20 meter dipole and the soldered the wires to the coax. Then I plugged this antenna in but I got the same response where the hf rig did not tune anywhere on 20 meters and the noise level was so low it was like no antenna was connected. I have never been able to solder very well. At this point I am thinking of just buying an antenna if it doesn’t work then maybe it is the coax I hope that helps I am just having a hard time and no I don’t have an antenna analyzer I cannot afford one at the moment I just cannot believe that I can’t build a simple dipole
On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 12:20 PM msircg--- via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you have an antenna analyzer like the MFJ 259 (?) > If not get one > Michael Monsour ac0tx > > *Sent from my LG K10, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone* > > ------ Original message------ > *From: *Gus Bernard via BVARC > *Date: *Mon, Apr 15, 2019 10:48 AM > *To: *BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB; > *Cc: *Gus Bernard; > *Subject:*Re: [BVARC] Solarcon antenna tests > > YouTube David Tadlock. > > Gus > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 4:11 PM Martin Blaise via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I found an old Solarcon vertical antenna in my backyard. CB antenna that >> some say will work on 20 through 10 meters. My test results: >> 20 does not tune >> 17 does not tune >> 15 does not tune >> 12 does not tune >> 10 does not tune >> Was looking for a quick antenna for 20 meters. Well this won't work. I >> built a 20-meter dipole but it did not work. I'm not the best solderer. >> Maybe I can find something on Ebay. Any suggestions? >> >> >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> Virus-free. >> www.avg.com >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> <#m_8606670806192196229_m_-3332708641190461360_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! >> Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every >> time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! > Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every > time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] >
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