[SMIRK] TenTec 1208

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 17:18 -0500, AD5VJ Bob wrote:
> I just acquired a TenTec 1208 to use with my FT-1000MP MKV and I have a couple of questions.
> 
> I know that I have to detune the rig to 5-7 watts to use the 1208
> 
> My main question is:
> 
> If I hook up to the 'HF' antenna port and switch over to 'bypass' can I still use my 200W output into the bypass of the inverter, or
> do I need to put a coax switch inline and completely bypass the inverter?
> 
> My next question is does anyone have a 6 meter vertical they would part with?
> 
> 
> 
>    73 fer nw es gud DX,
> QSL VIA: LotW, BUR, e-QSL
> Bob AD5VJ
> http://www.ad5vj.com/
> Old Calls WB5ZQU, WY5L/KH3, KE5CTY, N5IET

If you intend to work CW and SSB, you may be disappointed in the
performance of a vertical since all those stations are horizontally
polarized. I've found a simple dipole up 14 feet works decently, though
it would often work better if higher. For a couple years I've been using
a scrap of a beam having only driven element and reflector. A couple
weeks ago I worked Scotland from Iowa with that rebuilt beam even with
my house's eaves. I hope to get it higher some day soon. With the
competition with the gutter, I had to wait until most of the country had
worked that station.

Otherwise the easiest way to get to a 6m vertical is probably to start
with an ll meter vertical (conventional design with 3 or 4 radials) and
shorten it by the ratio 27/50.

73, Jerry, K0CQ