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Course I have 1.25 inch hardline going up there, and it's over a 300' run, so who knows what impedance transformation is at work, my place OR yours. I REALLY would hesitate to tell anyone that a C31 is going to work at 18 Mhz. Again, it was ***NOT*** designed to work there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "wa9als" <wa9als@starband.net> To: "Force12 Reflector" <Force12Talk@qth.com> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [Force 12 Talk] XR dilemma > > But you could only run low power. High power and that kind of swr > > would blow up/burn out something somewhere. > > > > You can also use a tuner and load up bed springs, window screens, a > > floor lamp, or a washing machine and actually work people (all of > > which we did in my youth using 10m and a tuner). > > My C31XR SWR at 18.1 is 1.8:1. There might not be any gain, but I would/do > use it for an occasional contact, that's for sure. I would certainly > recommend the new one for planned WARC band operation though. 73 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. > Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com > > To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com > To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list > For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com > > -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com |
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