[Antennas] 5-Band Quad VSWR

Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:00:55 -0000

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> The 3 different tranceivers that I tested with their own built-in SWR
> meters give me an entirely different reading from the meter in the MFJ 986
> Tuner or the SWR analyzer as well. Is this screwy or what? hihi

 Hi Walt..
 Your feed lines are not properly isolated from
the antenna.... Use seperate feeds and choke baluns at your driven elements.
As well as helping to get proper meaningful SWR readings, It'll clean up
your pattern no end.. At the very least, use two feed lines, and group 20,
15, and 12m on one line, and 17 and 10m on the other..
 Good luck es 73
 John EI7BA http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/