[Antennas] 160m tuning

Sat, 09 Nov 2002 21:15:54 -0600

Hi OKN,
The best thing you can add is about 200 feet more wire.  (or a minimum of 100
more feet
and a different feed line)
You can't get performance with a pee-wee antenna on 160m.
Good luck!    73,  Les

WD8 O KN wrote:

> I am using a 20 meter dipole and want to tune it for 160 meters.  Using a
> small 901B MFJ tuner, I am able to tune this antenna from 80 meters
> through 12 meters, with trouble on 10 meters and 160 meters.  I am not
> able to get the SWR below 2:1 on 10 meters and 160 meters.  I am using
> about 50 feet of RG 8 with a home brew balun that seems to be just fine.
>
> My question is..   would I be able to add capacitance or should I add
> inductance in order to get the antenna to work on both 10 m and 160 m?
>
> WD8OKN
> Michigan
> www.qsl.net/wd8okn
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