[CW] OT - Please Excuse - Mag Loops for CW (and other modes)

[Michael Zolno via CW]

Nice effort on the antenna Stan. I may look to your solution as I am in an antenna restricted HOA.

Mike WH6YH 

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> On Mar 13, 2015, at 10:03 PM, cw-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> 
> The feedpoint autocoupler is (not *was*) an SGC237. ?I'm an old, retired 
> guy now and the XYL and I downsized into a townhouse twelve years ago 
> with the usual antenna restrictions. ?I tried all sorts of contraptions 
> - commercially offered as well as hombrewed - to get on the air and be 
> "competitive" as a CW QRP operator.?
> 
> 
> After a whole lot of screwing around (that mag loop I scratch built cost 
> me nearly $500 for the copper pipe and the Jennings vacuum variable) I 
> concluded that the best solution for me was my 94' center fed zepp that 
> I've had up in my attic for years now. ?With the autocoupler I can 
> operate on 80 (reduced efficiency) through 10 meters, inclusive, and QSY 
> is virtually instantaneous with only 3 watts RF necessary to initiate 
> tune.
> 
> 
> David, let's see if this works for you: Go to
> 
> 
> ?http://www.wb2lqf.com/home/antenna-challenges
> 
> 
> ?where I have pictures, a diagram and a write-up of my autocoupled 
> antenna.
> 
> 
> 73, Stan WB2LQF
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 09:33 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW wrote:
> 
> Stan,
> 
> If you don't mind tell us all about the feedpoint autocoupler, 
> autotuner?
> 
> What was it, did it work well, &c.
> 
> 73
> 
> DR