This might be "as good as it gets" with this antenna, in this installation. The BuddiStick still works better on 20 Meters, so I'm hoping the CommTek 20 Meter aluminum tubing vertical will be as good.
This isn't 100% usable with the FT-1000D, as the VSWR in the 75 Meter band (3.5~4.0MHz) is still outside of the range the radio.
And I'm feeling somewhat better, but still sneezing with a very runny nose.....
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Hope the bug clears up soon DrJim . . .
ReplyDeleteSo do I! Tonight through Thursday night are cold (low 30's) and we're expecting rain and snow. Had to cover up the wife's new flowers (again!) because she didn't listen to the locals, who NEVER plant anything until a week after Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteIt's getting there! Hope you get better soon too!
ReplyDeleteIt rained and snowed all day, so I just hung out in the basement finishing up some projects.
DeleteThis is the first cold I've had in years that's only in my head. Watery, runny eyes, and a nose that's dripping so bad I need a plumber!
Radials? I'm still driving on bias-ply...
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DeleteThat's really looking remarkably better, especially 80 and 40. It really looks like it's good everywhere except 30m - and I bet that would tune, too.
ReplyDeleteIt's late to mention this, but did you do the ribbon cable trick for counterpoises? It's not that it works better, just that the installation is neater.
I've used ribbon cable before, both for 'tuned' counterpoises and multi-band 'fan' dipoles. Works great!
DeleteFor this one I was using the radials I had left over from when I tried the ground mounted 33' Shakespeare vertical.
And they were waaay too long!
All this will be moot as soon as I get the two new 4x4 posts in the ground, as I'll be using my SGC autocoupler, and that one does require long radials.