Re: [BVARC] Antenna Tuner

2024-03-31 Thread Gary Sitton via BVARC
Odd multiples of a full wave length will exhibit voltage minima and current maxima at the ends. The means from Ohms law that the ends will exhibit impedance minima, that is you will need a impedance match to higher values. A 9:1unun will generally give EFHW antennas a reasonable match to 50

Re: [BVARC] Antenna Tuner

2024-03-31 Thread Jeff Greer via BVARC
I 2nd LDG. I bought one used. When it gave out, I sent it in to LDG. They sent me a brand new one. Sent from my mobile phone Original message From: Keith Dutson via BVARC Date: 3/30/24 8:22 PM (GMT-06:00) To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Keith Dutson , Cal

Re: [BVARC] Antenna Tuner

2024-03-31 Thread John D via BVARC
Andre I was having issues with an end fed 73 ft length wire with no unun  and was hoping  longer length would decrease SWR. it looks like the exact opposite happened…John DW5RDYOn Mar 30, 2024, at 7:20 PM, Andre Pollard wrote:Did you tune the length of the wire? I'm running a end fed with 49:1

[BVARC] Local Club Newsletters

2024-03-31 Thread Rick Hiller via BVARC
As a BVARC member you are privy to an excellent monthly newsletter publication "The BVARC Beacon". I read an excellent article in the April 2024* K9YA Telegraph* detailing the demise of the national ham radio publications. One point the author makes is that local and regional club newsletters