I went back on the mountain last weekend and made the changes...
This is what everyone around my neck of the woods call this "A Mountain Line"...
I took the Imax 2000 down from where it was, checked it all out, and moved it about 25ft in which I had to add 25ft of hard line wire to what I had to make this move...moved it back in the location I had set up to put a small beam at...
So, I moved the antenna back there, I put 24ft of new RFC 400 coax going up to the antenna but the ant is still just 21ft off the ground..
I wrapped the PL up in weatherized tape, then black electrical tape, then put a big gob of silicone all over this..
And here at the radio, also went with 24ft of new RFC 400 coax...
Before I taped it all up I did check the swr and it runs a 1.1 to flat across the bands...so went back out and taped it all up like I did up top..
Im running about 625ft of hard line wire to the base of the tree the antenna is up against..
I did a little more checking with the swr...
First checked it with a 10w dk, swr was still a 1.1 to flat...
Checked it again with a 30w dk swr stayed the same...
This swr is from channel 1 up through the 28.000 band.
It talks great with just running the radio..
Just thought Id share with you all what Ive done...
This is what everyone around my neck of the woods call this "A Mountain Line"...
I took the Imax 2000 down from where it was, checked it all out, and moved it about 25ft in which I had to add 25ft of hard line wire to what I had to make this move...moved it back in the location I had set up to put a small beam at...
So, I moved the antenna back there, I put 24ft of new RFC 400 coax going up to the antenna but the ant is still just 21ft off the ground..
I wrapped the PL up in weatherized tape, then black electrical tape, then put a big gob of silicone all over this..
And here at the radio, also went with 24ft of new RFC 400 coax...
Before I taped it all up I did check the swr and it runs a 1.1 to flat across the bands...so went back out and taped it all up like I did up top..
Im running about 625ft of hard line wire to the base of the tree the antenna is up against..
I did a little more checking with the swr...
First checked it with a 10w dk, swr was still a 1.1 to flat...
Checked it again with a 30w dk swr stayed the same...
This swr is from channel 1 up through the 28.000 band.
It talks great with just running the radio..
Just thought Id share with you all what Ive done...