[AMRadio] Antenna current

2007-04-05 Thread david knepper
I just built a Zepp antenna with tuned feeders: length of antenna is 247 feet with 45 feet of feedline using 5 inch spreaders. Why am I getting more antenna current in one lead than the other? I inserted an RF meter in each feedline before the antenna tuner. I believe that the current was

Re: [AMRadio] Antenna current

2007-04-05 Thread John Lawson
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, david knepper wrote: Why am I getting more antenna current in one lead than the other? I inserted an RF meter in each feedline before the antenna tuner. I believe that the current was about 1.5 and 1.7 R.F. ampere respectively at 3.870 Mhz. First try exchanging the

Re: [AMRadio] Antenna current

2007-04-05 Thread Donald Sanders
PM Subject: [AMRadio] Antenna current I just built a Zepp antenna with tuned feeders: length of antenna is 247 feet with 45 feet of feedline using 5 inch spreaders. Why am I getting more antenna current in one lead than the other? I inserted an RF meter in each feedline before the antenna