Thanks to everyone who replied. KM1H suggested the same thing, Charlie. But since I don't have certain critical replacement parts for the amplifier and tuner (among other things), I'm kind of afraid to run the legal limit in a contest with a high SWR. :-)
If I can get the HV supply repaired in my HB amplifier, I plan on playing a little in the contest later on. See you there. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:15 AM, Charlie Cunningham < charlie-cunning...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Í would leave it alone, Mike! Your tuner or amplifier should be able to > tune out that small bit of reactance, I would think! And on 160 the excess > loss in the coax from a bit of VSWR is really negligible! > > GL! > > 73, > Charlie, K4OTV > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike > Waters > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 2:03 PM > To: topband > Subject: Topband: 160M CQ WW SSB this weekend - Frequencies > > Can anyone suggest the best freqs. to tune our 160m inverted-L for the CQ > WW SSB contest this weekend? > > The antenna is a long way from the house, and it's tough to do that in the > pitch dark and cold. :-) > > It seems to me that in the past, it's been about where the CW contests > always take place, and mine is now tuned for 1810 to 1850 or so. Is that OK > as it is now, or should I move it up? > > www.cq160.com/rules.htm > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband