Antenna fun.
Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Ivy
Well set up an inverted V dipole for 80 Meters. And so far so good. It has a 1:1 swr at 3.5 MHz, and about 1.5:1 at 3.6 MHz.
So as I don’t do much in the way of CW, I could shorten the antenna a little, so to get it closer to 1:1 around the area in which I tend to talk on. Which is around 3.59 MHz for a little group that I like to touch base with.
Also with the help of VK3GNU, who is much better at getting ropes up into trees than I. We set up a full wave loop for 20 Metres.
Still thinking of what else to build. One of the things we’re considering is a beam for 20 Meters. How many elements, and do we buld traps to make it shorter. Who knows but it will be a lot of fun.
Very Interesting but when will we hear you on Pakenham 2metre Local Regards Mr Slug?