Tom, Yeah, I'm resigned to doing something like that. I just put up a new antenna today, 129' and it's still showing resonance at 1.725, that's way too low. I need to re-measure the old antenna's length, I put it up last summer. I do have a few ugly vacuum variables around here and should see if I can match with one of them between the radial plate & feed point.
Enjoy your visit, I love visiting the UK. 73, Gary KA1J > Gary KA1J, > It struck me that maybe you originally cut your sloper a little longer > so you could match it with a simple capacitor. My inverted L is > resonant on its own, somewhere down in the 1.750 region. It´s > effectively matched to 50 ohms by an L network but the series > inductance part of the network is made by lengthening the antenna a > little. I have a parallel high voltage ceramic capacitor from the feed > point to radials. I can´t check the actual values because I´m > currently on vacation in W4 land. 73, Tom G3OLB > > > > Sent from my iPhone > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
