[K3PZN-List] Repeater Work Cancelled

[Scott, KB3JQQ]

Do not get worried if you can not get a 1:1 SWR. It is only a ratio
of impedance. My 10 meter mobile antenna is a 102" steel whip. The
lowest it ever reads is 1.5:1 because it is a 36 ohm antenna. The
dip with my MFJ269 is at 28.460, and I find I can get through pile ups
with only a call or two within 25 KHz on either side. Of course, 250
watts helps a lot! I still make plenty of contacts all over the 10 meter
band, and it still works good on nights I take my old CB out and hook it
up to talk with some folks who won't take the jump.

I find resonance is more important then SWR, as long as SWR is 2 or lower.

If you don't have an analyzer, borrow one. I wonder how I ever managed
without one for all those years...