Yes, it will be interesting to see. Just remember, it is possible your antena match was as close to perfect when you started as you can get.... but unless you test it you'll never know how bad it could be. The Bird will show you.
-dave AVLEC wrote: >Guys, >Today I spoke to an old radio technician (35 years experience) about tuning >the antennae in the aircraft. He said that I would definately get false >readings with the SWR meter that I have and that I shouldn't use it as it >was designed for 29mghz. He also said that tunung it in my workshop with a >corrugated iron roof won't help either. I have arranged to borrow a Bird >Wattmeter from him so it should be plain sailing from here. >So as it turns out, I was talking a load of dribble after all. Hey what do I >know anyway! >In my defence, I did try tuning it with my meter first and I managed to get >the SWR below 1 on the lower freq and below 1.5 on the high freq. I don't >know if I was imagining it but I could have sworn that the received audio >was louder and clearer. I will compare the results with what the Bird tells >me. >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 > >
