It seems like I've heard someone suggest that spray-on car wax does a good job of making the ladder line real slippery. I haven't tried it yet, but I have two ladderline pieces on my NVIS loop. Twenty seven feet of feed line and a ten foot stub at the opposite corner that detune a bit in the rain. However when the loop needs to be re-matched I just hit the straight key here and the KAT500 finds a match that works. However I seldom run less than 100 watts.
73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:01:19 -0500, KD7YZ Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > >On Monday Claire used a Straight-Key to send: >-------------Original Comment------- >> You don't have to keep that power level, Bob. You only need it if the KAT500 >> needs to retune, and then only for the retune cycle. For that you might QSY >> a few KHz > >On CW or SSB I could try that. With some of these WSJT-Like modes, it's >pretty important to be on the same freq u were on, within Hertz; And, >call me old, but with about 6 to 10 seconds before the other cycle >starts, there isn't a lot of time to QSY and retune. > >> to a clear spot although between five and twenty watts you are >> only talking about a one S-unit difference in signal. > >thanks. Although I was more worried about damaging the K3 than the >signal strength. > > >> The next thing is to find out why your antenna is so sensitive to moisture. > >hmmm, true. Same when there is ice on it or snow. The other night in a >45mph wind, the 160m DP was going up and down about 30 feet it looked to >me. I use blocks and pulley to let it "float" It was graceful to watch >but worrisome too. 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
