The CB freq is 27 Meg. Airband is108 to137 Meg. A BIG difference. HF VS VHF, Tune for max signal on receive, Virg
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:34:39 +0200 "AVLEC" <av...@telkomsa.net> writes: > Hi KR radio heads > This one is for the radio literate. I have just installed an > antennae into > an aircraft made from coax only. I left the radiator and > counterpoise too > long on purpose so that I could tune it to length in the aircraft > using a > SWR meter and a handheld radio. Here is where my confusion starts. > I have in the past built a number of antennae for CB radio and have > tuned > them with one of two SWR meters that I have and they worked fine. > Today I spoke to a guy that has built a few airband antennae and he > says > that the SWR meters suitable for CB radio freq are not suitablr for > airband?? As far as I know all a SWR meter is is a voltmeter so why > should > the freq make any difference? He also told me that a handheld radio > does not > put out enough power to be able to get reliable readings??? Sounds > really > obsurd to me. > Comments from those in the know would be very much appreciated. > > Regards > Dene Collett > KR2SRT builder > South africa > Whisper assembler > See: www.whisperaircraft.com > mailto: av...@telkomsa.net > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
