[Mobile-Portable] Iron Horse 40m Ground?

[Jay Eimer]

I was using a brand new MFJ-259.

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[mailto:mobile-portable-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Art Clemons
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 10:37
To: Mobile-Portable Reflector
Subject: Re: [Mobile-Portable] Iron Horse 40m Ground?


> I did test it with a temporary hard-wired ground, and it seemed to work
> better.  Although, conditions were so bad tonight we still had trouble
> making a contact.
> 
> Any OTHER ideas?


Perhaps try tuning and setting up the antenna with an antenna analyzer 
rather than relying on a swr meter.  Analyzers don't fold back and you 
usually get a good idea of what is going on as you make adjustments.

I shy away from reccomending one, but almost anything from the past 12 
years or so should work well enough for this.
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