[AMRadio] Antennas for AM (was Legal limit AM amplifier, homebrew)

[Rob Atkinson]

Hi Jim, I just sold my 238A to a ham in Calif.  The stock disc ceramic
caps in it did not handle long AM transmissions on 160 very well.  I
built up a semi-homebrew L network using an inductor from a Unique
Wire Tuner with some Russian doorknobs and a Cardwell air variable.
Now my other L is acting up, my Inverted L came down and I'm off 160
until I can find time to put it back up and I don't know when that
will be.  I'm tied up until after New Year.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Jim Wilhite <w5jo at brightok.net> wrote:
> Pick up a Ten Tec 238.  It is a switchable L for high or low impedance
> antennas.  I have one I am using with 1500 watts PEP on AM with 500 or
> so watts carrier.  It has not burped at all.  They are often overlooked.
>
> Jim/W5JO
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>I got a great deal on a SA2040 last spring and got it all cleaned up
>> and looking nice.  Then I read about T network tuners and found out
>> they are high pass tuners; not low pass like L networks.  I want
>> harmonic attenuation so it got sold at the next fest and I made a few
>> bucks for the afternoon I spent making it look nice.
>>
>> Rob
>> K5UJ
>>
>
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