[Elecraft] KAT500 - ...and a long wire inverted "L"

[Rick Dettinger]

I moved my inverted "L", a 176 foot long, 55 foot high wire in the  
trees, from my shack to a post with an SGC 230 tuner about 100 feet  
away from the shack.  The noise level on receive went down about 3 S  
units.  I live in a quiet, rural location, and, as a side benefit, the  
antenna is no longer visible.  Its located just into a wooded area and  
the neighbors and XYL are happy, too.  Only problem is, with a total  
of 140 feet of coax, it requires more than QRP power to tune, on some  
bands.  The SGC 230 requires 3 watts, but the loses on an untuned line  
are great enough that I can't use my K1 on 15 meters.  The KX3 should  
have enough power to tune on all bands.
Another possibility would be to use a remotely tuned network for each  
band to get the SWR close, and do the final tuning in the shack.

73,
Rick Dettinger   K7MW






> I have an inverted L myself, and have often thought of adding the  
> SGC230 to
> allow me to have a feed point farther from the 'shack'.
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> 73,
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> Ron AC7AC
>