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Subject: C3S - Adjusting 10m SWR curve ?
Author: Richard Thorne <rthorne@tcac.net>
Date: 19-Jun-2001 19:06:51
Hi Gary:

Yes, I should have said lengthen.

gary.hosler@kodak.com wrote:

> From: Gary R Hosler
>
> I believe you meant to say that the length of the driven element needs to be
> lengthened to lower the resonant frequency.
>
> de W0AW
>
> Richard Thorne <rthorne@tcac.net> on 06/19/2001 10:44:08 AM
>
> To: Force12Talk@qth.com
> cc: (bcc: Gary R Hosler/486382/US/EKC)
> Subject: Re: [Force 12 Talk] C3S - Adjusting 10m SWR curve ?
>
> Marty:
>
> I've never messed with a C3S, but I'll make the assumption that the 10m
> driver is full size and has different length settings. You may have to
> remove the rivets from the 10m driver and shorten it up a bit to lower the
> resonant frequency.. There should be some pre-drilled holes to accomadate
> this change.
>
> Marty Tippin wrote:
>
> > I have a C3S up and it works fine - only issue I have is that
> > the SWR is lowest at about 29MHz, rising to well over 2:1 at
> > 28.300.
> >
> > How can I adjust the point of lowest SWR on 10m without screwing
> > up the other bands? The parasitic nature of the driven elements
> > makes me think it's not as simple as adding a few inches to the
> > 10m driven.
> >
> > 15 and 20 are not bad - 20 shows acceptable SWR across the band,
> > and 15 is a little bit low but not worth worrying about.
> >
> > -Marty NW0L
> > martyt@pobox.com
> >
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  Date   Author  
* 19-Jun-2001 Richard Thorne
19-Jun-2001 Guy Olinger, K2AV
19-Jun-2001 Marty Tippin
19-Jun-2001 gary.hosler@kodak.com
19-Jun-2001 Marty Tippin
19-Jun-2001 Guy Olinger, K2AV
19-Jun-2001 Richard Thorne
19-Jun-2001 Marty Tippin
This Author (Jun-2001)
  Subject   Date  
C-3 AND C-3S 28-Jun-2001
* C3S - Adjusting 10m SWR curve ? 19-Jun-2001
C3S - Adjusting 10m SWR curve ? 19-Jun-2001