Recent content by Mr T

Well the SP500 match worked on the CRLII antenna. Details after I recover from shoulder surgery.

Ill see what happened to payment or just send it again. Hope your feeling better now. We abandoned the coil idea. Thanks for all your help on it tho. Just couldn't get SWR down. Now we are trying the Penetrator match idea. Raining here so were at the mercy of mother nature. Hopefully in a couple...

Marconi, Since I cant find the "Send Message" tab on the new webpage I'll have to ask here. Did you receive the payment I sent you?

In the words of Pink Floyd, "Hello...........Is there anybody out there"

Upon future inspection of the image it looks like it has 1 bolt holding each radial on like the CRL were the Penetrator has 2 bolts per radial. Ill have to backtrack and find the original post and research it.

So here we are again. We put radials on and the SWR's didn't change. Ant is 20ft up. Its not my ant but it's just like the one I have. They are both CRL2's I hate to give up on this just for the learning part of it. Like Thomas Edison. "I've found hundreds of ways how not to make a light bulb"...

So you allowed 4" for the connection meaning 2" at each end? In your opinion, I would remove the homemade coil inside housing, replace empty housing and make connection of loop on the radial hub of the CRL and the other end of loop to the screw that holds the radiator to the empty housing and...

In the process of finding an aluminum rod (more rigid) for the loop now

Understand that. Thanks for all the input. Really hopeing to resurect this thing but it seems like Im fighting a loosing battle!

We will pot them back on and try. I know its a personal preference. Some say they don't mater some say they do.

Haven't checked with radials on yet. Overall Length of ant is 248 1/2 from tip to bottom tho. In 26.815 it's showing 3.2. That's where we Normally talk.

In earlier post you seemed to think it was too short. Do we go back to what we had and then shorten the radiator?

Just FYI We added 12 1/2" to radiator length and SWR went up to 3.2 without radials attached.

Thanks for pic binrat

As far as the loop measurements go, I haven't added any brackets yet. Just trying to figure which one to go with. Are you using an antenna with the same loop as I'm wanting to use? What antenna is it on and what was the SWR? Sorry, I'll keep asking questions till some one tells me to stop.:D