Hi folks I'm fairly new to ham radio and a few weeks posted a problem with RFI when using QRO (K1 with amp). Set up was multi dipole fed with about 70 feet of RG58 coax with no RF earth and no balun. Well a few days ago I lowered the antenna and used all the slack to wind about 20 turns of the RG58 onto a piece of 4inch diameter plastic drainpipe (grey) positioned right at the feed point. It looks a bit ugly but has done the trick. I now get no breakthrough on the hi fi and no freezing of the PC modem at 100W on 80, 40 and 20m. 15m is still a problem but since I don't use it much anyway I'll just stick to QRP on that band. The answer was so simple. Thanks for the help.
BTW had my first truly QRP (ie both qrp) transatlantic qso last night into CT. The other guy was on a beam with me on my simple dipole at 25 feet. Great fun. 73's Martin Evans M0KWV K1 #1534 Why not take a look at our Web site? http://www.simoncarves.com ************************************************************************* The information in this email and any attachments may contain privileged and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this email is not the intended addressee, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the addressee, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me by telephone or email and delete all copies immediately. ************************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
