[Antennas] Loading a 90 foot wire on 160

2002年5月21日 15:52:38 CST

Like the subject says, I'm trying to load a 90 foot wire on 160. My
tuner can get it down to about 4:1 by its self with the inductance switch 
as high as it will go. I didn't have much else to do today, so I wound a 
coil on some 2-1/4" PVC pipe with some 22ga hookup wire and stuck it in
series with the wire. That brought it down a bit (3:1), but I'd still
like to get it lower. Can anyone give me any tips (other than buying a
new tuner, trying a different antenna, or spending more than 10 dollars
in general) on what I can do to load this thing? 
I could probably solder a few more feet of wire on the antenna (maybe
10-15 feet), I'm assuming that would help a bit. The wire I've got going 
out the window is 12ga (?) copperweld, and the wire I'd be sticking on
the end would be 12ga THHN stranded. The two different types of wire
wouldn't present a problem would they?
72/73/oo
Rob, w0jrm
ARRL; FP Qrp -330; Live-Wire #442; IA QRP #143; SOC #497; QRPp-I #19
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