I think the counterpoise is wonky as many of you have stated.. I have tested the antenna at the feed point at it is the same that I see in the shack. There is no resonance with this antenna. Yes, it is cut long too. When I did have it working it was 1.3 to 1 at 1835.. It is very wet and rainy here and I think the counterpoise is a mess. I have not done maintenance on it this year since I was in the hospital in July and recovering the last four months Yes, it was that way. So, next week, I am going to put up two elevated radials about 7 feet high and then take off the radials on the ground...or at least try to clean them up. But, the rain, wet and cold of Kansas has damped my enthusiasm for fixing it this weekend., RATS! I like the 160 contest. But it does seem the actual antenna is OK. The end of the 130 feet has a big insulator on it and it is about 6 foot from a tree limb. So, it is not touching the tree.
Since I am retired....next week will be sufficient. Lee On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:04 AM Vic Rosenthal <k2vco....@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. The resonant point seems to be at 1.80 or below. > 2. The broad response indicates high loss somewhere. If you hadn’t said > that you changed it, I would suspect water in the coax. > > Victor 4X6GP > > > On 1 Dec 2018, at 18:54, Leroy Buller <lee.bul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > There > > I tried to get on 160 with my Inverted L last night. 60 feet up and the > > rest over to a tree, 130 feet total. About 20 random length radials in > the > > yard. The best I can do with a city lot. This antenna worked last year > > very well, but now I get this > > > > 12/1/2018 10:46:08 AM NOTES: > > > > Frequency SWR > > --------- --- > > 001800000 1.3 > > 001810000 1.4 > > 001820000 1.4 > > 001830000 1.4 > > 001840000 1.4 > > 001850000 1.5 > > 001860000 1.6 > > 001870000 1.6 > > 001880000 1.5 > > 001890000 1.5 > > 001900000 1.6 > > 001910000 1.6 > > 001920000 1.6 > > 001930000 1.6 > > 001940000 1.6 > > 001950000 1.6 > > 001960000 1.6 > > 001970000 1.7 > > 001980000 1.8 > > 001990000 2.0 > > 002000000 2.1 > > > > There seems to be NO resonance at all with this antenna. Before, I could > > operate the bottom of the band but nothing above 1850 without a tuner. I > > have changed out the coax feeding the antenna which hepl bring signals > up, > > but it seems to be a dummy load. > > > > Anyone have an idea what is going on? Shucks, I am out of ideas. Unless > > my ground plane has gone wonky > > > > My tuner can't find a match for it either. I have an automatice tuner > now, > > but it cannot find a match. Something is wrong here and I am stumped. > > > > Any help from the antenna gurus out there? > > > > Lee - K0WA > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to k2vco....@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
