Yesterday I played antenna, changing the height of two antennas. Today my 40-M Inverted V fed with 50-ohm RG8-X had high SWR; it had worked the day before at a lower height, hmmmmm.
I built one of those 4SQRP "Tenna Dippers" some time ago. Sure enough the LED didn't come close to extinguishing when I dipped the antenna. So I re-soldered the connections, still bad. By raising the antenna I ended up changing the geometry, the V angle had flattened some affecting the impedance. It was easy to adjust the angle using the Tenna Dipper. With the Tenna Dipper at resonance frequency and LED light lit, I just loosened the V end support ropes and played with the angle until the LED exactly extinguished. I really did "dip" my antenna. Nice gadget! Mike Scott AE6WA Tarzana, CA DM04 ______________________________________________________________ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
