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the maco should show an SWR of less then 1.6:1 from 28-29 mhz. don't remember where it was best on the 259, but with a 2:1 bandwidth of nearly 2 mhz, you can play with it & get it to cover 10 & 11 meters without a tuner fairly efficiently. just play with lengths & gamma adjustments til you get R & X where you'd prefer them based on equipment run & power levels used. i'd set one for 11m use because i have the ability to run an amp that would prefer better SWR at 27.025, and on 28.4 i can run a 746 pro with 1.8:1 swr and little if any cut back in power. the more civilized use of 10 meters doesn't require big watts as does getting your name called on the bowl. 3+ db gain puts you ahead of newcomers to 10m using their A99's & what not. of course if you plan on only 10m, center it around 28.41 for SSB, or just under 29 if you plan on any FM. it'll be just fine. the 4 element maco has considerably less 2:1 bandwidth, maybe less then 1.3 mhz.

<blockquote data-quote="davegrantsr" data-source="post: 105632" data-attributes="member: 921"><p>the maco should show an SWR of less then 1.6:1 from 28-29 mhz.&nbsp;&nbsp; don&#039;t remember where it was best on the 259, but with a 2:1 bandwidth of nearly 2 mhz, you can play with it &amp; get it to cover 10 &amp; 11 meters without a tuner fairly efficiently.&nbsp; just play with lengths &amp; gamma adjustments til you get R &amp; X where you&#039;d prefer them based on equipment run &amp; power levels used.&nbsp; i&#039;d set one for 11m use because i have the ability to run an amp that would prefer better SWR at 27.025, and on 28.4 i can run a 746 pro with 1.8:1 swr and little if any cut back in power.&nbsp; the more civilized use of 10 meters doesn&#039;t require big watts as does getting your name called on the bowl.&nbsp; 3+ db gain puts you ahead of newcomers to 10m using their A99&#039;s &amp; what not.&nbsp; of course if you plan on only 10m, center it around 28.41 for SSB, or just under 29 if you plan on any FM.&nbsp; it&#039;ll be just fine.&nbsp; the 4 element maco has considerably less 2:1 bandwidth, maybe less then 1.3 mhz.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="davegrantsr, post: 105632, member: 921"] the maco should show an SWR of less then 1.6:1 from 28-29 mhz. don't remember where it was best on the 259, but with a 2:1 bandwidth of nearly 2 mhz, you can play with it & get it to cover 10 & 11 meters without a tuner fairly efficiently. just play with lengths & gamma adjustments til you get R & X where you'd prefer them based on equipment run & power levels used. i'd set one for 11m use because i have the ability to run an amp that would prefer better SWR at 27.025, and on 28.4 i can run a 746 pro with 1.8:1 swr and little if any cut back in power. the more civilized use of 10 meters doesn't require big watts as does getting your name called on the bowl. 3+ db gain puts you ahead of newcomers to 10m using their A99's & what not. of course if you plan on only 10m, center it around 28.41 for SSB, or just under 29 if you plan on any FM. it'll be just fine. the 4 element maco has considerably less 2:1 bandwidth, maybe less then 1.3 mhz. [/QUOTE]

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