[Elecraft] Strange Vertical - need help
KC6CNN
kc6cnn at gmail.com
Sun Mar 11 11:48:11 EDT 2012
I installed a vertical with ground radial kit up 20 feet.
The antenna mast and negative sheild connector is grounded to a ground rod.
The antenna covers 10 to 40 meters.
I can tune 10 meters fine, and fourty meters fine, but 12,15,17,20,and 30
will not tune and SWR are high.
here are the SWR reading taken on AM running 25 watts.
10 meter
2804550 is 2 to 1 SWR
2882000 is 1.5 to 1 SWR
12 meter
2490000 is 3 to 1 SWR
24990 is 3 to 1 SWR
15 meter
2103900 is 4 to 1 SWR
top porting is 3 to 1 SWR
17 meter
1809000 is 3 to 1 SWR
1817000 is 2 to 1 SWR
20 meter
1402800 is 2 to 1 SWR
1430000 is 2 to 1 SWR
30 meter
1010500 is 4 to 1 SWR
1014000 is 4 to 1 SWR
40 meter
7026 is 2 to 1 SWR
7290 is 1.5 to 1 SWR
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I will be receiving my
K3 on Tuesday and am trying to get this antenna sorted out before then.
Oh yea the rig I'm using right now is a Kenwood 570, the Coax is LMR400 with
a 100' run. the Antenna is a ZeroFive GP10-40.
Thank you
Gerald Manthey
KC6CNN
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