Hello guys, can external and weather condition affect SWR ? I assume yes, but could someone explain how ? I have EFHW wire antenna ca 24m long....
Any real reason, benefits, problems, thoughts or comments about running an external SWR/PWR meter inline between the antenna feedline and the...
Just how reliable are these meters? Here is what prompted this question. I have a UHF/VHF antenna with LMR 400 as the feedline. When I attach...
Hi, I'm a new HAM and I need some advice on how to tune my MFJ-1848 Hex Beam. I have the antenna mounted 35 feet over my house and I really like...
I’m new to the hobby. I’m trying to figure out if I should get a rig expert or a NanoVna to check my antenna. I bought a Wolf River Coils antenna...
Hello, about 5....6 weeks ago I bought a new vertical HF Antenna (Crushcraft R8). We (My g/f and I) assembled it and a day later I mounted it on...
Before I email LDG, I figured i would try to get some input here. So I have a smallish lot, and use several different antennas. The antennas I...
Hello, I’m using an ICOM AT-180 tuner with my ICOM-718. Recently, while transmitting CW, the tuner will shut off by itself and the SWR will spike....
I'm looking into building my first HF antenna, but I don't have my first HF transciever yet, nor any kind of antenna analyzer. To tune the...
Got my SWR's measured and the highest is 1.5. Will the SWR increase dramatically when an amp is used? Most bands from 80-10 are 1.1. Highest are...
I have this weird problem, I connected a new EFHW antenna, EFHW-8010-2K-Plus, to my Icom IC-7300. When measuring the SWR, the IC-7300 SWR meter...
I put up a Diamond X300 last weekend and I'm having SWR issues. The antenna is supposed to be factory-tuned for 146.000 with gradual rises to...
So I’ve ordered the FT891 and I know it has a SWR Meter in it. I also have the wolf river coil take it along antenna but cant get an analyzer...
I have noticed that these ANAN's (or mine at least) seem to have matching issues between them and hf amplifiers (tube type). I have tried an...
GREETINGS. my G5RV once i tune the swr down (external antenna tuner) the swr creeps up slowly as i talk, sometimes depending how i tune the swr...
I was wondering if anyone could explain why I am getting really low SWR on 2m and high....like 7 swr, on 70cm. I have an icom 2730a hooked up to...
I have two antennas. One is a Comet GP3 for UHF/VHF and the other is an Alpha Delta DX-CC Fan. Both are about 33 feet high. I had RX 8x coax,...
I redid my antenna's ground this afternoon. Analyzer shows bands 10-80 all below 1.5:1 with reactance (X) as close to zero (most between 7-13)...
Yeasu Ft-891: I had to disconnect my coax yesterday. This morning when I woke up, I turned on my radio and started tuning around 40 meters. I was...
Hi; I would like to share an issue that happened to me today while using the ATU in 40m band. I was doing some tests in 7.290 and this is a bit...
