Hi All,

 

I've been off for a day or so due to antenna changes. I've taken down the 20m dipole arrangement and put up a purpose Tee for the band.

 

Unfortunately the garden is still the same size so I've squeezed in a 40ft top with a 29ft vertical section which terminates in another 29ft section to the atu under the carport. There is a 200uH loading coil at the junction of the vertical section and the top loading wire.

 

The coil was 120 turns on a 2 and 5/8 inch water down pipe. Not sure where the thing is resonant yet although there are no dips on a regular band, (1.75 - 30Mhz) GDO.

 

I'll do some check today, maybe use the variometer in a series circuit, maybe in a parallel. Hope to work the regular gang and get some reports.

 

This sure beats going to work.......

 

73

 

Colin G3VTT