Three suggestions: 1) Add a choke balun close to the rig. 2) Add 10' piece of coax to feedline. 3) Add 1/4 wave wire from ground terminal of radio to establish ground reference (about 10' for 12 meters). Be sure it is insulated, and end should not be accessible to people or animals.
You can do all of these if necessary. On 10/5/2012 4:24 AM, Barry wrote: > The first link is particularly relevant. My antenna is on a balcony, > surrounded by metal. Metal railing, making up cap to balcony wall several > feet below wires. Metal mesh in building wall (stucco), about 5 feet away. > Commercial grade metal studs in building walls. > > Guess that's why the current balun didn't work. Moving the antenna is not > an option. > > Barry W2UP -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
