[HCARC] R5 Antenna at R.C.

H. Vordenbaum tower2 at stx.rr.com
Mon Jan 16 15:09:03 EST 2012


We are very pleased with the Cushcraft R5 antenna on top of the tower at the R.C.
Today Chuck, KA1PM mounted the R5 on the tower.  BTW, Chuck, send us the receipt for the materials!  Or better yet send it to Bill Anderson, Treasurer.  
Right now we had to use the 80 M antenna coax to connect to the inside of the radio room.
This will be remedied with the addition of a remote Coax switch on the tower later.

f, mHz    SWR:1
14.0        2.0
14.1        1.6
14.2        1.3
14.3        1.7
18.07        1.3
18.15    1.8
18.168    1.9
21.00        1.6
21.250    1.5
21.450    1.3
24.916    1.3
24.955    1.3
28.01      1.5
28.30      1.5
28.70    1.6
28.91    1.6
29.70    1.8

Thus, I don't think we need to get an automatic antenna tuner.  The 80 M antenna settings could be left in the manual tuner, and the TS-570's tuner can handle 40 M.

73, Harvey
K5HV


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