I built a simple dipole antenna for 11 meters and basically I am just questioning whether its working like its suppose to, I tested it with a guy across the street and I live far off from the road it was about a quarter mile or so and he could hear me fine, he has problems with his radio and can not transmit back, my SWR is 1.5 - 1.6 across all 40, one thing that bugs me though is that my TX power indicator is only giving my a 3 out of 5 is this normal? Skip was in yesterday and today aswell and I could hear them, but apparently no one could hear me which made me suspicious of the antenna.
Basically the antenna is a inverted V dipole and each wire is 110 inches long, I folded back the tips of each wire to tune the antenna for the best SWR.
One wire is hanging flat alongside the sophic of the house and the other is vertical to the ground.
T23
Basically the antenna is a inverted V dipole and each wire is 110 inches long, I folded back the tips of each wire to tune the antenna for the best SWR.
One wire is hanging flat alongside the sophic of the house and the other is vertical to the ground.
T23