Greetings to all Being in an apartment I had to come up with something creative. What I made is a 12' painter pole with a 102" CB whip on top. I hold the pole...
... ... 3 16' radial wires down each guy rope. ...The coax is 100' of Belden RG8x connected to my SG-239 tuner....Is there anything I possibly can do to raise...
Hello group: I'm new to ham radio and I've never done this before. I've had my MAC-200 tuner for only a short time. I don't have a permanent shack yet so I'm...
... (I don't go above 100 watts) the tuner functions start switching all by themselves. That's an important clue which says to me, "rf in the shack". First...
Try grounding the tuner to a cold water pipe unless you live in a plastic pipe house. Mine is grounded to the EMT conduit my shop is wired with. It has a ...
... Even in homes plumbed with copper you can encounter dialectric unions that insulate one section of the pipe from another. If you're going to tie to the ...
Those are normally on the water heater. I think I said cold water pipe. My conduit has a copper ground wire in it directly to the common buss on the electrical...
One small detail no one has mentioned is that the tuner needs to have the counterpoise wire 5% longer than the antenna wire so the tuner can tell the...
I have made a nice 20m antenna which works great with RG-8x coax. Many QSO. I want to try tuning it to other bands so I want to try twin lead or ladder line....
... Just for the heck of it, why don't you try shorting the coax inner conductor to the outer conductor, and loading _that_ against your station ground with...
By asking for a SO-239 to ladder adaptor, we are to assume that you mean only the physical adaptor, not involving the impedance aspect? If that is true, then...
Jim, Since your posting in the Smartuners group, I am assuming you are using an SGC Smartuner. With a 20 meter dipole, about 17 feet on each side (+/-), an...
I assume the whip is insulated from the pole and you are feeding at the base of the whip and the top end of the radials? Putting the tuner at the feed point...
I dont know anought about it to say this, but you need to be carefyul running your own earth if your electrical supply uses pme (protective? multiple earth) as...
Hello group, Hope everyone is having a good summer. I am considering an IC-703 for portable use, and think I remember reading, in the old group, about issues...
Hello Folks, I'm considering buying the SG211 QRP tuner to use with my FT-817 and IC-703. I'm interested to hear opinions or suggestions from anyone else using...
Hi Nick, I have put my SG-211 through boot camp here and it came out on the other side wearing stripes and dressed for action. For me, the key has been making ...
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:12:35 -0500, "David H. Hatch N9ZRT" ... Dave, Many thanks for all that invaluable advice. When I get one I'll report back here with my...
I have been using a 102" CB whip on a 12' pole to work 20m and 17m with good results via my SG-239 tuner. I was considering mounting the tuner inside my Chevy...
I think you'd be better off putting that ball mount on the cab itself, with a minimal run of wire between the tuner and whip. You do not want to use coax...
I use a 102 whip on a ball mount on my fiberglass shell The shell is the insulator for the high voltage. Tunes 80/10. The tuner is grounded with a 3 in wire...
I just went down that road. I went to HRO and was talking to them avout auto tuners. The salesman suggested the SG-239 because of cost saving over the Yaesu...
In 2002 the hams at "HFPack" conducted a comparative analysis of various horizontal whip-dipole antenna configurations utilizing Hamsticks, or Hustler...
The finicky side of me decided to ascertain just a little mechanical info for horizontal whips, so I did a couple of quickie physical measurements this A.M....
I've been arguing with another ham about the power rating of the SG-239. One problem with the power rating spec is the use of "CW" instead of "Carrier" or...
Hi, That is a good question, and one that I have pondered as my PSK31 station is coming together. I found this on the SGC site in the FAQ ... The PEP and CW...
Thanks, Rob, That makes a lot of sense, and I'm sure my friend will be happy with the "compromise" it represents between our two views. I guess I'm safe in...
David N9ZRT and the group, Thank you David for approving my membership to the group. I like long wire loop antennas (very quiet and no need for radials or ...
Well, I finally bought a new SG-211 and have been using with FT-817 and IC-703 radios. The tuner is well made and even comes with bateries fitted! After...
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