You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.
The Feb 2025 Radioddity Giveaway Results are In! Click Here to see who won!

Reply to thread

Message

Wa-Hoo
Lesson learned

Painted my surplus piece of 1-1/2" wooden clothes hanger rod and slid it down into the mast and secured it with 3 stainless 1/4" lag bolts. Remounted the vertical. Slid the ground plane up.

What a difference!
I haven't gotten to tune it yet, I just left it where the setting was best last night.

It is now

1:1 @ 28.5
1.3:1 @ 27.9
2.5:1 @ 27.3

Once I slide it down to 27.9 I should get acceptable SWRs at either end

You can just see the step from the wooden part to the steel mast

[ATTACH]730[/ATTACH]

I have to use the wife's kitchen step ladder to get up to the antenna now

[ATTACH]729[/ATTACH]

[QUOTE="W9WD, post: 142360"] Wa-Hoo Lesson learned Painted my surplus piece of 1-1/2" wooden clothes hanger rod and slid it down into the mast and secured it with 3 stainless 1/4" lag bolts. Remounted the vertical. Slid the ground plane up. What a difference! I haven't gotten to tune it yet, I just left it where the setting was best last night. It is now 1:1 @ 28.5 1.3:1 @ 27.9 2.5:1 @ 27.3 Once I slide it down to 27.9 I should get acceptable SWRs at either end You can just see the step from the wooden part to the steel mast [ATTACH]730.vB[/ATTACH] I have to use the wife's kitchen step ladder to get up to the antenna now [ATTACH]729.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

Top Bottom