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Hi Blaster,

Yes, the radials are installed, as they should be. The 248", is from the Maco manual. It is measured from the bottom of the base tube, which is 12". That would leave 236", plus the loading from the coil bracket, coil and wander lead tap.

I wasted another day on this antenna. The antenna does not work as a 5/8 wave antenna. The match I found is at a total length of 179", less the base tube is 167" of radiator. Add the coil to radiator bracket of 7", the coil that ended up being 18.5" at 50 ohms and the wander lead tap of 9". Total electrical length of 201.5" or thereabouts. This puts it somewhere between a 3/8 wave and 1/2 wave, not 5/8.

I see you have also included VF. VF of what?

I have been over this antenna 100 times, tweaking this and that for a week. I don't think there is much more I can do to polish this turd.

Thanks,

SL

<blockquote data-quote="SuperLid" data-source="post: 773769" data-attributes="member: 57096">Hi Blaster,Yes, the radials are installed, as they should be. The 248&quot;, is from the Maco manual. It is measured from the bottom of the base tube, which is 12&quot;. That would leave 236&quot;, plus the loading from the coil bracket, coil and wander lead tap.I wasted another day on this antenna. The antenna does not work as a 5/8 wave antenna. The match I found is at a total length of 179&quot;, less the base tube is 167&quot; of radiator. Add the coil to radiator bracket of 7&quot;, the coil that ended up being 18.5&quot; at 50 ohms and the wander lead tap of 9&quot;. Total electrical length of 201.5&quot; or thereabouts. This puts it somewhere between a 3/8 wave and 1/2 wave, not 5/8.I see you have also included VF. VF of what?I have been&nbsp; over this antenna 100 times, tweaking this and that for a week. I don&#039;t think there is much more I can do to polish this turd.Thanks,SL</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SuperLid, post: 773769, member: 57096"] Hi Blaster, Yes, the radials are installed, as they should be. The 248", is from the Maco manual. It is measured from the bottom of the base tube, which is 12". That would leave 236", plus the loading from the coil bracket, coil and wander lead tap. I wasted another day on this antenna. The antenna does not work as a 5/8 wave antenna. The match I found is at a total length of 179", less the base tube is 167" of radiator. Add the coil to radiator bracket of 7", the coil that ended up being 18.5" at 50 ohms and the wander lead tap of 9". Total electrical length of 201.5" or thereabouts. This puts it somewhere between a 3/8 wave and 1/2 wave, not 5/8. I see you have also included VF. VF of what? I have been over this antenna 100 times, tweaking this and that for a week. I don't think there is much more I can do to polish this turd. Thanks, SL [/QUOTE]

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