[HCARC] Antenna help

[H. Vordenbaum]

It may depend on how you have it mounted.
Is it new or used?

Many years ago I had a Hustler 5-BTV installed on the ground in the back
yard with the radials for each band and it worked okay.  I then decided to
get it up in the air more since there were a lot of trees in the yard, and
mounted it on a steel mast against the eave in the back of the house, again
with the prescribed radials.
Well it didn't work on any band.  Likewise, I had no instrument other than
an SWR meter so I couldn't figure out what was going on.  So I gave up and
mounted it on the roof where it worked as fine as could be.
Later we moved to another house and I put it in the back yard with no
problems.  It even worked on 80 M but the band width was narrow of course.

Let's see, maybe we could come by some time and check it out.
Harvey
K5HV

-----Original Message-----
From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Ashley Vaughan
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 9:05 AM
To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCARC] Antenna help

I have just tried to install a HUSTLER BTV 5 antenna.  I am very new at this
and obviously made some mistakes.  On all bands the SWR is beyond what my
radio can try to tune in.  I think I followed all the instruction but
possibly my soldering skills (non existent) may be the problem or something
else.  I don't have an antenna analyser and am not sure how to trouble shoot
with one when I get it.
I appreciate any suggestions or if anyone is able to stop by to help me find
where I made mistakes.  367-5758. 370-3769
Thanks
Joe Vaughan
KF5QXN
Avaughan at cebridge.net


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