[Antennas] Iron horse mobile antennas update

[Ed]

Well I got the 706 in the van and a trailer hitch and mount installed. =
My buddy N4TOF and I put the 40 meter whip on and cannot get the swr =
down for anything. The hitch and mount are all grounded well. The mount =
is a good 8 inches away from the van. The antenna on 40 seems to only =
resonate with the whip way down in the coil which you can't have and it =
resonated only very high out of the 40 meter band. We can't get it to =
resonate anywhere with the whip in the recommended position. We did try =
trimming about 2 inches in all but don't seem to be getting anywhere. Is =
the antenna too long? I know if it resonates high it's supposed to be =
short but pulling it up in the shaft only results in a 3 to 1 in a very =
small bandwidth.=20
ED W4TEY
325 CUMBERLAND DRIVE=20
HARROGATE, TN. 37752-6942




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