Well, shit. That was a good one.
Well, shit. That was a good one.
Yep. Pruned, tested at "15MHz", connected to antenna, and full power :) Thanks for everyone's help here :) I think I ended solving some RFI problems to boot (No more squigglies on TV while xmitting).
Yep in the future, Just fold back and wrap untill you have all tuned to where you want. Then cut. Makes life easyer.
I also have an ancient MFJ-207 analyzer. To get around the dial inaccuracy, I just zero-beat the analyzer signal with the transceiver on the frequencies of interest, then mark those spots on some masking tape I temporarily apply to the panel. When I'm finished, I tear off the tape.
As they say in Walla Walla, ouila!
Yeah, I zero beat the unit, and that's how I discovered the 20 Meter band's markings were off. I just assumed (I know, making an ass of me and Umption) after checking the 10 meter dial, it was good to go.Originally Posted by w0aew
Now, I marked the unit up with, you got it: Masking tape for the owner :)
If there's one to be had at Dayton this weekend I'm going to pick up a -269 and accessory pack.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
I love the MFJ 269, used it almost weekly in my antenna and balun experiments.
You won't regret the purchase.
;)
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
What I borrowed to build my first two dipoles (10 and 20 meter dipoles) I had a 269. Great unit. The 209 isn't bad, and had I RTFM'd I would have known.
Finebusinessoldmanhihi.
I heard that in your FT-901 voice.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
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