[Antennas] RE: Antennas Digest, Vol 33, Issue 3

Tue Oct 10 04:52:06 EDT 2006

 Once you do all that is suggested here try an experiment by tuning to a source like wwv and see if its strong or weak.Only a suggestion.
 Larry Fields,n6hpx/kh2
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>> i set up a dipole, 102 feet, feedline is 41 feet 300 ohm twinlead, connected 
> to an mfj tuner,
> the dipole is mounted to a mast, about 25 feet high. my radio is a kennwood 
> 430s. but my problem is, that i can hear not that much, very weak signals, is 
> it possible that something is wrong with the ts-430s? if so, is there 
> somebody close to port saint lucie, florida, who knows that radio? 
> thanks
>> christoph
>> ki4ned
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> anyway!
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> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:03:48 -0700
> From: "Frederick" <frederick at my180.net>
> Subject: Re: [Antennas] need a little help
> To: <Ki4ned at aol.com>, <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
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>> Hi christoph,
> When I am unsure if a reception problem is caused by my radio or my 
> antenna, I try the following technique. This technique works well with coax 
> but you will need to adapt it to your style of feed line.
>> 1. disconnect the feed line from your radio.
> 2. Connect the center conductor of the feed line to the center of the 
> antenna jack on your radio.
> 3. Be sure that there is no connection between the outer conductor of your 
> feed line and the outer conductor of your antenna jack.
> 4. Turn on your radio and test your reception. About 9 times out of 10 it is 
> an issue with the antenna system. By following the steps above you convert 
> the antenna system to a long wire. This usually has better reception than a 
> problem antenna system.
> I hope this helps!
> God bless,
> Mark WZ0K
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Ki4ned at aol.com>
> To: <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 10:54 AM
> Subject: [Antennas] need a little help
>>> >i set up a dipole, 102 feet, feedline is 41 feet 300 ohm twinlead, 
> >connected
> > to an mfj tuner,
> > the dipole is mounted to a mast, about 25 feet high. my radio is a 
> > kennwood
> > 430s. but my problem is, that i can hear not that much, very weak signals, 
> > is
> > it possible that something is wrong with the ts-430s? if so, is there
> > somebody close to port saint lucie, florida, who knows that radio?
> > thanks
> >
> > christoph
> >
> > ki4ned
> >
> > Albert Einstein said.....If at first your idea seems 
> > impossible........Try
> > anyway!
> > Einstein also said: I'ts not that I'm smarter than anyone else, I just 
> > stick
> > with the problem longer
> > "Amateur Radio - communications for yesterday & tomorrow"
> >
> >
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