[NJARC] 75M AM QSO? (approx. 3880-3885 KC)

[John Dilks K2TQN]

Hi John,

Make the antenna feed with 450 ohm flat line.  You will have a great 
all-band antenna. (use the stranded kind for flexibility). I had one 
a few years ago and it always tuned to almost 1:1.  Now I have an 80m 
one, and it's not as good and doesn't want to tune 160.   Next spring 
it goes back to 160 m length.  You have to use a tuner.

BTW, my tuner has a BIG transformer to go from 50 to 450-600 ohms 
out.  You have time to look for a good balanced tuner, or make 
one.  Start reading up.

Do you need an antenna manual?

73, John

At 06:03 PM 2/8/2009, you wrote:

>Hi John,
>
>There's NO WAY I would run the Globe King into that antenna. That 
>cheezy Radio Shack RG-58 would MELT before the RF got to the antenna. ;-)
>Now I'm REALLY sorry I didn't buy that 500W Bird dummy load from you 
>at Mullica Hill last year. Who knew? But the Globe is a LONG-term 
>project (I was looking at it today in the garage), so I'm in no 
>immediate need of a dummy load. I could be retired or semi-retired 
>or institutionalized before I get around to it.
>Not sure if it's any good, but I have a kilowaat fan-cooled dummy 
>load from the legensdary Joe's Radio Shop auction in South Jersey, circa 1995.
>The plan for this Spring is a half-wave 160M dipole -- not sure how 
>I'm gonna feed it.
>73,
>John R. KC2UAK