Rolled up the sleeves today and disected the MA160 looking for possible causes to decreased SWR-slightly loose ground nuts holding the radials to the ground bars caused the minimum SWR to lower as the efficiency of the antenna decreased- No soaking coax, soaked ground, or as one ham suggested, just an over-all terrible antenna and waste of space- Now they are all back tight, back to 3.5:1 at resonance, vs the 1.3:1 without the radials hooked up- Sometimes the most obvious solution is- Jodie Foster....Contact Now, do I just use the Pro's III tuner or the Amidon UnUn to minimize SWR at the feedpoint- 73!
Bryon "Paul" Veal MAED FCC Amateur Radio License-N0AH [email protected] Certified ARRL Volunteer Wireless Technology Instructor Acres Green Elementary School Amateur Radio Club Trustee - KD0NIV _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
