[Lowfer] No luck with - JH

[Douglas D. Williams]

John, this PDF has a lot of good information.

http://www.auroralchorus.com/pli/1750meter_antennas.pdf


73, Doug KB4OER



On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:48 PM, John Hamer <wilbur0611 at gmail.com> wrote:

> How far do you go with the ground radials? I have one 8 foot rod pointed
> straight down and 4  five foot rods at a 45 degree angle into the ground
> around the antenna.
> On Dec 1, 2012 11:52 AM, "Andy - KU4XR" <ku4xr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Gave it a valiant run though.. Seeing the same carrier line
> > that is showing on Dex's grabber, but no signal from " JH "
> > Don't totally give up on the vertical John.. They will work,
> > #1 is Radials for the RF to reference to..
> > #2 definitely construct a " variometer " if you haven't yet..
> > #3 I found the Low Pass Filter really helped to provide a
> > match that the TX liked to work into..
> > #4 A Variable Power Supply for the Final PA.. There is a
> > " sweet spot " that your transistors will like, and " JUMP "
> > right up and shout out.. I found that my PA likes to run around
> > 24 volts..
> > Tweaking the combination of these will give you pleasing results..
> >
> > Good luck.. Andy - KU4XR
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