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until I taped the two feeder wires together. Directly together. SWR dropped like the proverbial rock. Performance on all three bands is great, but I was (and remain) greatly disappointed that Force, with full knowledge of the problem, failed to even put an insert in the instruction manual regarding this issue. ni4m ----- Original Message ----- From: "N2TK" <n2tk@earthlink.net> To: "'Chris Swallow'" <swallow@btconnect.com>; "'Force12Talk'" <Force12Talk@qth.com> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 6:32 AM Subject: RE: [Force 12 Talk] C31 15M feed. > K3OO is using a single feedline. He had to remove 3" from each side of the > 15m driven element to get it to resonate in the middle of the band. We could > not get the resonance in the middle of the band no matter what we did with > the wires. > > I am ordering a C31XR today. Will be curious if the dimensions have changed > on the C31 or if I will have to do the same as K3OO. Has anyone else had > this problem ? If so, how did you fix it? If not were you able to get the > resonance in the middle of the band by taping the wires close together? > Tnx > Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Swallow [mailto:swallow@btconnect.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 6:34 PM > To: Force12Talk > Subject: [Force 12 Talk] C31 15M feed. > > I am using the C31 with separate feeds for each band. It has been on and of > the tower a few times. I have great difficulty getting the match consistanly > correct. Each time I put it back on the tower the hairpin and element length > have to get adjusted all over again. It also does not have sufficient > bandwidth to cover SSB and CW without the Alpha crying enuf!. > > Anyone else out there who has got this sorted. I would be interested in the > driven element they ended up with and the hairpin details. > > > Cheers > > Chris G3VHB > > > > -------------------------------------------- > Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. > Force 12 Web site: http://www.qth.com/force12 > > Submissions: send to Force12Talk@qth.com > To unsubscribe: send a blank e-mail to Force12Talk-leave@qth.com > Force12Talk Message Archive: http://www.qth.com/force12/list/force12talk > For problems with the list, contact force12@qth.com > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. > Force 12 Web site: http://www.qth.com/force12 > > Submissions: send to Force12Talk@qth.com > To unsubscribe: send a blank e-mail to Force12Talk-leave@qth.com > Force12Talk Message Archive: http://www.qth.com/force12/list/force12talk > For problems with the list, contact force12@qth.com > > -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force 12 Web site: http://www.qth.com/force12 Submissions: send to Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe: send a blank e-mail to Force12Talk-leave@qth.com Force12Talk Message Archive: http://www.qth.com/force12/list/force12talk For problems with the list, contact force12@qth.com |
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