Wow. purchased this Maple Leaf Studio Qso-King antenna over 2 years ago and just got it up. It is 72' long and is installed as a sloper 10' to about 30'. Are these the numbers I should expect. SWR's pretty bad on 40 Mtr. I tried this with a 20' counterpoise. No ground rod yet I do not want to do that if I can expect worse swr. This wire antenna thing is a bit new to me. Also forgot to mention I used 50' of good quality RG8X coax and a 9.1 balen un.
40 Mtr. 5.5 went up to 5.8 with 20' counterpoise.
20 Mtr. 7.3 went down with counterpoise 5.7 to 5.3
17 Mtr. 2.8 to 2.9 went up to 3.2 with counterpoise
15 Mtr. about the same with counterpoise. 2.9
12 Mtr 3.1 went down with counterpoise 2.6
10 Mtr 2.6 went down to 2.0 with counterpoise
11 Mtr. about the same with counterpoise 3.3 3.4 with.
6 Mtr. bet1.4 and 2.3
2 Mtr. 4.2 to 4.0
160 Mtr 4.2 to 4
80 Mtr 2.2 to 2.0
160 Mtr NO GOOD.
40 Mtr. 5.5 went up to 5.8 with 20' counterpoise.
20 Mtr. 7.3 went down with counterpoise 5.7 to 5.3
17 Mtr. 2.8 to 2.9 went up to 3.2 with counterpoise
15 Mtr. about the same with counterpoise. 2.9
12 Mtr 3.1 went down with counterpoise 2.6
10 Mtr 2.6 went down to 2.0 with counterpoise
11 Mtr. about the same with counterpoise 3.3 3.4 with.
6 Mtr. bet1.4 and 2.3
2 Mtr. 4.2 to 4.0
160 Mtr 4.2 to 4
80 Mtr 2.2 to 2.0
160 Mtr NO GOOD.
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