Recent content by Geoexplorer69

The skip is going to be what it is , it’s been spotty for awhile now and you just have to make contact when the opportunity presents itself. This is nothing new what most people complain about is they had great dx contacts when we were in the peak of the solar cycle (myself included) now we’re...

Yes I guess I should have said I was hoping for lower lol , but yeah I . well the Yagi is up Ive turned to get some real strong signals but as of yet I get absolutely no replies . Hmmm ? That is interesting , I still get WWV booming in when I'm pointed in that direction however I have made...

Hello everyone, This is the final chapter in the Sirio saga , lol The new coax cable came in today while I was taking down the 5/8 wave Sirio antenna . So with the Yagi set up I unpacked the new coax and connected it to the yagi put it up on the poll halfway because that’s as high as my ladder...

Ok a new day and some new tests Got up this morning with the intent of getting this antenna tuned and the results were better than I expected so I don’t know what went on yesterday afternoon. The only thing that I changed besides using the 1 foot LMR 400 jumper for the test at the antenna as...

Thank you Henry. Well I don't think ill be cutting any of the radials regardless of what's happening just might consider sliding them in and re- drilling some new holes if I have to shorten the elements for some reason . but for now I think ill do the following 1) Wait for the new coax to...

Well sad news . Went to re check everything as the new coax didn’t come in today. Using the exact same equipment from yesterday the swr jumped up to 2.3 across the entire portion of the band I had set yesterday. I fooled around with the gama match and could only get the swr down to 1.3-1...

Thank you Henry , You are correct. The numbers you have are pretty much what I had . I set the middle freq @ 27.385mhz . My SWR only started to climb up to 1.2-1 at the higher freq;s . I’m sure there will be some more “tweaking “ and I’ve already resolved to the fact I’ll be bringing the yagi...

Yep , she;s going up tomorrow as soon as the new LMR 400u gets here and I do a re check on the numbers . I was really surprised by the low SWR from 26.975 to 27.700 with only the swr changing from 1.1-1 to 1.2-1 nothing else changed . Guess I still have a lot to learn. Anyway I’m going to...

Thanks Brandon 7861 , I’m going to recheck everything when the new coax gets here tomorrow, if everything goes well I’ll hoist it up and check it again. If I have to bring it down I’ll certainly give your suggestions a try . I have to admit that everyone telling me to just get it up and talk...

Thank you crawdad ‘ I think I’ll just leave it and recheck everything when the lmr 400 coax gets here Then run it up the pole and see if anything changes. I hope not but if I have to bring it down and fine tune . Cheers

Thank you crawdad ‘ By slightly “long “ are you referring to boom length or fine tuning the “driven element “ ? It’s my understanding and please anyone correct me if I’m wrong that In Order to lower the reactance of X you change the length of driven element. And if I do change the length of the...

Well hello everyone once again ! I have the new Sirio sy27-4 yagi antenna together and did I the first check today @ 5’ off the ground because there was too much wind to get it up the mast and I wanted to check the R,X and SWR . I only had a piece of Rg58 20’ long to test it with as the lmr...

Thank you Henry , I after all the helpful advice I've received on this thread form everyone ( yourself included of course ) I think I will just put the antenna together as per the specs , set the SWR for the best frequency spread I want hoist it up and give it a try . The 11m band has been...

wow you answered my questions while I was formulating a reply to your earlier post. Thanks again, Brandon. Cheers.

Brandon 7861, Thanks for the info , I do have a nano vna and also was gifted an MFJ259B and an mfj226. not quite sure how accurate the MFJ's are however I did purchase some calibration connectors for the 226 . I use both along with the nano vna. I'm still trying to completely understand all the...