Hi Gary, Try getting your weight over the limb with a good fishing rod reel combination. I use a Zebco-brand spin-cast reel here myself, & the longest pole I can find...
To help find the landing spot of your weight in the underbrush, get yourself a buzzer & tape it to a 9-volt battery. I did that here with an old seat belt warning buzzer pulled from a Chevy in the junk yard: just before I cast this weight (I tape the buzzer & battery together), I connect the buzzer, and can easily find it in any thicket by simply following the sound of the buzz... A sorta red-neck homing device, for sure, but it works for me & saves me a TON of time looking for the end of the line... ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Gary Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Had a more difficult time getting the antenna up there this time. The > first spud snapped away from the fishing line & in the dense thicket > I was unable to find where it landed. Had to make another & the > mosquitos were so thick they posted a LUAU sign on my forehead. > > Till I get something better I retrieved my WD-1A military field phone > wire that was left out in the marsh as my old beverage wire. and > after a comedy of errors I finally got the antenna up. > > I was earlier getting a SWR of 1.1 on 160 before and now am getting > 1.1 on 1.74365 MHZ > > 1.74365mhz > R=51 X= 6,7,8 > swr 1.1 > > At the desired frequency to match the antenna I've aimed for 1.8MHZ > here's the information I was able to get at my desired frequency: > 1.8025 mhZ > Coax loss 6.3db > C=4193 XC=21 > L=1.970 X1=21 > r=41 x=21 swr 1.6 > > So this is what the antenna is giving me at this moment. I need to > get back down and add the broken wire to the radial bed and I should > also trim some length to bring my values to 1.1 at 1.025MHz. > > Given the info above from the MFJ 259B any idea how much I might > nibble off and more, is there anything in this info that tells me I > should look to do anything differently? > > Hopefully the coax loss will be mitigated by a friend bringing me > 350' of hardline. Can't wait! > > Thanks, > > Gary > KA1J > _________________ > Topband Reflector > _________________ Topband Reflector
