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cable for this connection...it's a red and black insulated wire in a white jacket. At least, that's what I got with my C49's a few months ago. 73, Ty K3MM ----- Original Message ----- From: "J T Gwin" <jtgwin@home.com> To: "N2TK" <n2tk@earthlink.net>; "'Chris Swallow'" <swallow@btconnect.com>; "'Force12Talk'" <Force12Talk@qth.com> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [Force 12 Talk] C31 15M feed. > My C31XR defied all attempts to get it to resonate on 15m (single feedline), > 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 > > -------------------------------------------- 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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