148 ft wire testing
Hi All.
I made 148 feet wire test last weekend.
FC40 is abt 10 ft from ground, 119 wire first straight up 20 feets,
to highest point at 30 feets, after that horisontal and straight
until it ends at
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raimo <oh6bi@...>
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119 ft Wire testing
Hi All.
I did some testings with 119 foot wire at cottage.
Radio: FT897, Ant Tuner: FC40, end fed tuner.
Ground: one 20m long 16sqmm copper loop buried in ground 2 feets,
two 10 ft copper/steel
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raimo <oh6bi@...>
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added some files
Hi All.
I did excel stuff for wirelengths.
feets and meters.xls
and printed out 119ft and 148ft results as pdf.
They are in files section.
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raimo <oh6bi@...>
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Re: VE3EED's intresting Link
In earlier message data didnt look nice,
I made another more clear list..
73s de rami, oh6bi
ft m
29 > 8,85
35,5 > 10,83
41 > 12,51
58 > 17,69
71 > 21,66
84 > 25,62
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raimo <oh6bi@...>
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VE3EED's intresting Link
Hi All.
I got intresting link from other Yahoo group
((http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CW-Code-Warriors/)
( there is good info abt MagLoops, even some my loop photos))
Try the Group, I like
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raimo <oh6bi@...>
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Re: AH3 vs FC40
? ... use 3.5" to 4" copper foil or strip to connect those elements 1" too skinny. If you can pass the copper around the boat under the cabinetry that would work as well. Some boats have an aluminum
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JD Baillie
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Re: AH3 vs FC40
My backstay is 13.7 meter long which puts limits to my isolated backstay, I thought to 12.5 meter as the 20 meter band will be my favourite band (mostly digital traffic with Pactor modem but also SSB
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GUILLOT JC <jcjglt@...>
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Re: AH3 vs FC40
On my sailboat I have no idea what lenth the backstay was. Where I found a point that the system wouldn't tune I felt the problem was inadequate counterpoise inside the boat. Upgrading the
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JD Baillie
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Re: AH3 vs FC40
Thanks for your interesting post. I want to use my FT897D with a FC40 on board my sailboat and I read many proposals for the "good length" of the isolated backstay, I had thought to 12.5m but as you
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GUILLOT JC <jcjglt@...>
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New file uploaded to YaesuTuner
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the YaesuTuner
group.
File : /FC40 and 3 Wires.xls
Uploaded by : oh6bi
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YaesuTuner@...
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Some Testing
Hi All !
I have used lot of time with Magnet Loops,
But now time to End Feds with FC40.
I did some tests with different wire lengths.
15m , 11.5m and 8m long.
I was very surprised for 15m long wire
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oh6bi <oh6bi@...>
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Control Cable
Anyone have an extra FC-40 control cable they would sell?
Tnx,
Jeff/wb0m
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wb0m <wb0m@...>
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#246
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Shunt Coil
Should I install a shunt coil onto a 102" whip feed point? (This would be between the whip base and FC-40.)
73, Damon
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Damon Wascom <kc5cqw@...>
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Re: extending tuner control cables
To remote my FC-40 I use Ethernet cables with DIN to RJ adapters. I bought
the male and female DIN connectors with short pigtails from W4RT and the
Ethernet cables and connectors from Home Depot. The
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Charles Penry
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extending tuner control cables
I want to purchase a fc40 but need to locate it 30-40 feet away from the shack outside. What are you guys using to extend the 15 meter long cables?
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w8ob <kencubilo@...>
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Re: Alternatives to the FC-40
i have a fc1000 ... it is almost like the fc40 .... i had some spare room in it to put a 1:4 balun in
now i have a ladderline output on it (switchable)
it tunes dipoles and loops very easy
just my 2
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Siegfried Jackstien
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Re: Alternatives to the FC-40
I agree with this. I've got an FC-40 and it will tune a loop just fine. Actually, when I tested it, it tuned a full wave 80 meter loop on all bands 80 and above.
WN9E
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Eric
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Re: Alternatives to the FC-40
The FC-40 will tune a loop, I made a 160 meter loop for field day and it worked just fine
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[email protected] <w6gq@...>
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FC40 & Ft847.......
Does anyone know if a Yaesu FC40 will work with Yaesu FT 847 without a lot of rewiring?
Thanks, Jon - KA9LDS
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bigbushkitty81 <ka9lds@...>
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Re: Alternatives to the FC-40
How you can be sure that FC40 does not tune loops ?
Is there something different than Icom products like
AH4 , AH3 etc. They can tune loops very well.
I have AH3 and FC40, I have done some loop
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raimo ilkka <oh6bi@...>
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