-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Schultz
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:09 PM
Subject: [NHRC-Board] Some antenna info...


In the antenna night meeting we discussed hoe to "tune" your antenna's SWR
before mounting it.

Verticals:

Mounting larger arrays near the ground (less than 1 1/2 times the length of
the antenna) causes a false reading of the SWR, it reads higher. If the
antenna is tested in the horizontal position it need only be greater than 1
wavelength above the ground on non-metallic supports, the area still must be
clear of other objects.

Yagi:

Mount the yagi on a non-metallic support so that the driven element is
greater than 1 wavelength above ground.  With the antenna pointing up
(vertical) you are pointing into clear sky, giving you a better match than
horizontal mounting.


Suggestion: A good use for our website would be to start an "Elmer" section.
As we accumulate radio info, this could be posted there. In time this could
become a great resource for the club and fellow Amateurs.

WF6J