Hello, Per many people's recommendations I added 800ft of radials today. That is 8 x 100ft each. It made a difference on the analyzer which I'll summarize below. It was dark when I finished but here are a few data points. I think it is better. The wide SWR curve still bothers me but the resistance is coming up.
This is also using the new K9YC cookbook choke with 18 turns of RG400 around a 2.4" type 31 toroid. The values are Freq, SWR, R, X, Z 1810 1.43 42.0 -14.5 44.5 1820 1.31 43.2 -10.7 44.5 1830 1.21 44.1 -6.7 44.7 1840 1.13 45.0 -2.5 45.1 1850 1.10 45.9 1.7 45.9 1860 1.14 47.0 5.7 47.3 1870 1.23 48.0 10.1 49.1 1880 1.34 49.1 14.7 51.2 Any thoughts? The 160 CW contest is only 4 days away, I don't have a lot more time to make changes but I could run a "few" more radials... 73, Todd - NR7RR _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
