[Antennas] High SWR on 40 Meter Hamstick

[Mason, Ken R]

Dean,

Add a mica capacitor between the antenna base and ground. If I remember
I think it is around 27 pF. Try different values and you will achieve a
1:1 SWR. The capacitor is needed for 40M and 80M operation

Regards,
 
Ken Mason 

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[mailto:antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dean Fewkes
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 8:44 PM
To: antennas at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Antennas] High SWR on 40 Meter Hamstick

I recently put a 40 meter hamstick on my pickup truck in a standard 3/8
inch mount grounded directly to the pickup bed. My 20 meter hustler
antenna dips to about 1.2 to 1 SWR but a new 40 meter Lakeview hamstick
will not dip to less then 1.7 to 1 SWR. I know that it should be more
narrow banded but I was surprised that it would not dip to a lower SWR.

Can anybody tell me if this is normal?  Can anybody please share similar
experiences with 40 meter hamsticks?

Thanks!

Dean Fewkes
KG7MZ
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