Did you tune the length of the wire? I'm running a end fed with 49:1 unun, and SWR was terrible with 66' of wire. Ended up taking ~4 feet off, and SWR is under 1.8 on 40, 20, 15, and 10.
On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:54 PM John D via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a *good *antenna tuner for a 1/2 > wave end fed wire antenna? Have researched Yaesu FC40, LDG Electronics, > MFJ, ham radio website and have not found anything that has attracted my > attention. My SWRs are way off and according to the website "literature" > wire antennas need a tuner... > > Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > John D > W5RDY > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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