[Antennas] ATAS-25

Tue Dec 27 11:13:47 EST 2005

I vote for chunking it in the scrap heap and just
going down to rat shack and get their SWL wire antenna
kit (75FT copper wire & 50 ft lead in & etc.) A lot
less walking! LOL
Barry Sherwood
KF5GC
Ex-N5GZX
--- Murray Hunt <mahunt at adelphia.net> wrote:
> All,
>> The Antenna in Question is the ATAS-25 its listed as
> this:
>> The *Yaesu ATAS-25* is just the ticket for / Field
> Operations/. It 
> covers these amateur bands: 7, 14, 21, 28, 50, 144
> and 430 MHz. The 
> bands are covered by manual changing the supplied
> elements and hand 
> adjusting

>> Yes, you will get a workout as it takes several
> trips back and forth 
> between the radio and the antenna. Here is the big
> gotcha': The tuning 
> of the antenna will be affected by your body so be
> patient.
>> Need to change bands?............The whole process
> starts over again!
>> Is there any easier way to tune this beast? Yes,
> through the use of one 
> of the popular antenna analyzers manufactured by
> companies like Autek 
> and MFJ.
>> Murray, the great thing about this antenna is that
> tuning it will give 
> you plenty of exercise to shed those extra pounds
> from those extra 
> pieces of pie you consumed over the holidays!
>>> _/*MY TAKE*/_/* */_/* :-\
> */_
>>> This sounds easy. So for 6 meters I am guessing
> that I should put out 
> no radials on the ground and no radials in the
> vertical section of the 
> antenna coil. Then move it up and down with the vol.
> up and the squelch 
> open and when the band noise gets real hi that
> should be the point I 
> stop walk around to the radio and give it a try? 
>> PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. I NEED THE HELP.
> 73'S
> KB3LZV
>>______________________________________________________________
> Antennas mailing list
> Home:
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/antennas
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html
> Post: mailto:Antennas at mailman.qth.net
>

__________________________________________ 
Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. 
Just 16ドル.99/mo. or less. 
dsl.yahoo.com 