[Lowfer] 2200 meter reception on my lowFER vertical

[Scott Tilley]

Hi Andy

A review of the EU grabbers showed a silent night over there...  I think 
everyone is focused on JA.  So they'll get active as their sunsets 
tonight...

Scott


On 2/26/2011 10:19 PM, Andy - KU4XR wrote:
> After raising the current 40 foot top loaded vertical, I found that
> it receives superbly on 1750 meters. Much better than my HF dipoles
> even when loaded for resonance. I had tried the vertical on 2200
> meters and had to add Inductance to bring the signal level up.
> I also tried hanging an air variable from the bottom of the matching
> coil to ground and could peak the signals more. A short time back,
> the thought crossed my mind to hang the variable cap. from the
> antenna wire to ground. This put the variable between the inside
> matching coil, and the elevated loading coil. When I gave the
> capacitor shaft a twist, the noise floor sharply peaked, and was
> about 3 to 4 S-units higher than I had ever saw it on 2200 meters.
> That nice little " T " network setup has made a world of difference
> in receive capabilities for me on 2200 meters.. Still not able to
> pull out any TA stations, but the urge to keep trying is still there.
>
> 73 all, and have a good weekend:
>
>
> Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
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