Hey Elecrafters, Elecraftonites & Elecraftonians! Several months ago I posted a question about using a Hustler 80 meter resonator on the top of my simple stick vertical antenna to turn it into a 2 band antenna. I have this 1/4-wave-on-30-meters vert that I feed with a tuner. It is fine on 40, 30, 20 but is lousy on 80. Anyway, I picked up a Hustler 80 meter resonator. Hustler says it is just a big coil, not a resonator. Hmmm. I mounted it to the top of my vertical and it works perfectly. The impedance of the vertical with and without the resonator on it is very nearly the same (measures slightly taller with it on) except there is a narrow dip in the SWR curve on 80 meters with the resonator in place. So, my vertical continues to resonate on 30 meters but now also resonates on 80. The impedance on 40 & 20 is essentially unchanged so my tuner settings very similar to what they were. - Keith KD1E - - K2 5411 - _______________________________________________ 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
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