[Hallicrafters] Dummy antenna for S40 alignment

[Jim Brannigan]

One of my antennas is a G5RV.  My R-390A likes it for the entire HF
spectrum.
I've put my KW T-match in the line to see if there was any
improvement.....very little......
Most SWL'ing is listening to multi-KW BC stations.  It really doesn't matter
if they are 10 or 20db over S-9.......

Serious DX'ing is spending hours (days?) trying to work a new country
through the QRM, QRN or sitting on a DX contest "run-frequency" and quickly
picking calls out of the pile-up to maximize ones score.

Jim

> Sorry you do not see the relevance in this discussion.  I believe it is
very
> relevant to the proper operation of a vintage receiver.  A relevancy that
> does not modify the receiver at all and you work with its design
> limitations.
>
> The discussion about adding a tuned antenna circuit to the input of a
> vintage receiver is all about working with said limitations.  You are not
> adding anything to "enhance" or change the receiver design, you are just
> making sure the antenna you are using is matched properly to allow one to
> work with the limitations of the receiver.  The receiver just happens to
be
> downstream and the recipient of a well matched receiving antenna.
>
> Serious DX'ing.  Never understood the meaning of that term.  I'm serious
> whenever I am on the air with my vintage equipment or my state of the art
> equipment.
>
> K2WH

> Does all this REALLY matter?  So what if there's a few db lost in Rx
antenna
> matching.  You're not gonna use your S-53A for meteor shower work on six
> meters anyway.  Same for serious DXing or (heaven forbid) contesting.
>   Even -10 db is only a couple S units.  If you are an SWL and your
> boatanchor radio is your only ears to the world, then fine,  use a tuner.
I
> doubt if any of us depend on vintage equipment these days for "serious"
weak
> signal work, so I just don't see all this receive antenna matching as
being
> worth the trouble.    However, I do agree with the concept for initial
> alignment purposes.