[Antennas] measuring SWR

Mike Miller [email protected]
Sat, 10 May 2003 15:52:43 -0500


I'd like to thank everyone for their input. 

I am feeding the antenna with a 4:1 coax balun. The last change 
I made was to move the antenna approximately 1 foot farther from 
the side of the my TV tower. This was done when i replaced the 
angle iron with square tube for better mechanical stability. 
This also changed the feedline routing. I was able to adjust the 
tap location so that the swr dips to a very low value at 146.01 
and rises to less than 1.5:1 at the lower and upper ends of the 
FM band plan. It's still not right, but it will do for now.

Thanks again, 73
Mike KC9DOA