What kind of radial field did you put down for the 6BTV? You should
also be ab;e to adjust the antenna for each band for a fairly low SWR
where you don't need an antenna match
--jv
On 10/16/2020 7:45 PM, Chad Kitzmann via BVARC wrote:
It’s a long run but no shorts. Using LMR400 with a
Thos is my opinion as well. Get a field strength meter, measure your output
now. Move the radio and tuner to the feed point, rinse, repeat. The result will
give you empirical loss on your feed line, sans VNA. Then report back?
-
KJ Anderson
Any chance of moving the tuner to the feedpoint? With the tuner in the shack,
it's making the match on the across the coax from where the mismatch actually
is - at the antenna feedpoint - and you'll still be facing some coax loss.
With the tuner at the feedpoint of the antenna, you should
I dont have a ground on the ATU as I am in the middle of my house and would
have to run one the same length of the coax I have to get outside - 40 plus
feet up a wall and through my attic to my bonded ground outside where my
lightning arrestor is. But on a 12 volt DC system for my radio and
Here's something I learned from some more experienced operators a while
back. If you are using a tuner, then ground it. If the tuner is already
grounded, then check your ground connections.
Best DX and 73
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 7:35 PM Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC
wrote:
> Several things.
It’s a long run but no shorts. Using LMR400 with a run 8 feet up the wall, 20
feet across the attic, 8 feet down the outside wall and into a mfg lightning
arrestor, then to 50 feet of lmr 400 buried in conduit to my 6btv that had a
1:1 balun before feeding the antenna. I’ve checkEd with an
Several things. First, the antenna analyzer won't tell you very much.
"The proper tool to assess antenna performance isn't an SWR meter, it's
a field strength meter." On the other hand, if you have a high SWR on
your antenna, that might be causing your radio to dramatically reduce
its
I have a mfj 259c. Measuring and tuning the antennas with a 15 foot piece of
cable swr is less than 2:1 where I am broadcasting. and I have a LDG z-100 that
I run on the 857d and tune.
- Chad
> On Oct 16, 2020, at 7:18 PM, Chris Luppens via BVARC wrote:
>
> I am also learning but way
I am also learning but way behind you. But I think you should first run
antenna analyzer to be sure no issues there. I bet somebody would lend you a
Rig Stick or VNA unit, I would
Chris Luppens
> On Oct 16, 2020, at 7:10 PM, DAVID M GRAY JR via BVARC
> wrote:
>
> Keep experiencing.
I built the 40/80 dipole to be NVIS sine the verticals in more of a DX antenna.
To add more detail I have 48 radials on the 6btv.
- Chad
> On Oct 16, 2020, at 7:10 PM, DAVID M GRAY JR via BVARC
> wrote:
>
> Keep experiencing. I bet somebody in BVARC will come thru with help.
>
> I
Keep experiencing. I bet somebody in BVARC will come thru with help.
I have an off-center fed dipole about 135 ft. total length up about 12 ft. in
the back yard… I’m near N. Eldridge Pkw and Tanner. My signal into the BVARC
HF Wednesday net is minimal but I usually get checked in.
I’ve been a Ham since 2017 and have an 857d. Running a multi fan dipole from
2017 until I had to cut the tree down it was in in 2019 I had dismal contacts
with anyone on 80, 40, and 20.
Covid gave me some time to be at home and I setup a Hustler 6BT and have it
tuned with my MFJ 269c. I
Since the mid-1970s, Rob Sherwood, NC0B, founded Sherwood Engineering, in
Colorado, to build Drake receiver upgrades and to test the performance of
amateur radio receivers and transceivers beginning with Drake receivers. Rob’s
list has become the gold standard by which many amateurs,
Has this been picked up yet? I know someone who wants it.
Aaron Bennett KI5IOB
281-450-9440
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