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Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Lw10 long wire Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:44 pm
Well it's nearly time to order a Lw10 10 long wire, are they OK, seem to be having second thoughts now don't want to dig deeper into my pockets at the moment for a vertical, I have 35 plus feet down the garden that's why I chose a long wire
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
Subject: Re: Lw10 long wire Fri Jan 22, 2021 5:58 am
A 10 metre long wire with a 9.1 unun is what i use. Works well i think a lot better than the £140 vertical hf multi-band i bought at first. Mine is at a slope unun it at around 8ft and the other end is around 18/20ft keeping everybody happy (but it might grow lol). Mine is plugged into a MFJ-993b tuner but i think you bagged a tuner so all good to go when you get your callsign at the beginning of February
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26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: Lw10 long wire Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:20 am
Yep got the radio and tuner, did notice when setting up the SO239, won't tighten on the tuner, good job I have a spare in the draw, my son can do that for me, will stick with the Lw10 it's going to be 18ft and run it down to about 8, the icom is doing unusual things on the silver rod, which sometimes it doesn't tune up, never mind only have to use it for a couple of weeks hopefully...
26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: Lw10 long wire Fri Jan 22, 2021 7:23 am
Damaged pl239, need to get my eyes fixed, will set my Lw10, same as yours, going to order soon, fingers crossed...
26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: Lw10 long wire Fri Jan 22, 2021 7:30 am
Just a quick question Alan the unun is going on just below the gutter probably about 20 ft, and dropping down to reach the pole at the bottom of garden the pole is only about 8ft does that sound like yours
43CT016 Major contributor
Call Sign : 43-CT-016 Posts : 358 Times Thanked : 22 Join date : 2019-11-17 QTH or Location : Perth Equipment Used : iCom IC-7610/IC-9700/IC-705 Age : 55
Subject: Re: Lw10 long wire Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:00 am
26ct954 wrote:
Damaged pl239, need to get my eyes fixed, will set my Lw10, same as yours, going to order soon, fingers crossed...
If you're up for it, a longwire antenna is one of the easiest to make. Length of wire, and then a few wraps of hookup wire around a torroid, in a box, with an earth/counterpoise terminal, antenna terminal, and SO239, and you're done.
Probably twenty quid of parts, rather than over a ton.
Always good to make your own wire antenna...you'll learn heaps.
The video below is probably one of the better ones, and the instructions from the site referenced are linked below that. I have built one for portable use, though swapped to an EFHW a while back.
You could also do a EFHW instead of a long wire, although you'd need to build a shortened and loaded one to fit in 35' of garden, and it's a little more complicated as it needs tuning.
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26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: Lw10 long wire Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:12 am
Really interesting might have a go, stressed out with all the studying and the exam coming up soon...
43CT016 Major contributor
Call Sign : 43-CT-016 Posts : 358 Times Thanked : 22 Join date : 2019-11-17 QTH or Location : Perth Equipment Used : iCom IC-7610/IC-9700/IC-705 Age : 55
Subject: Re: Lw10 long wire Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:08 am
26ct954 wrote:
Really interesting might have a go, stressed out with all the studying and the exam coming up soon...
Yeah, get that out of the way first mate. Sorry, thought I'd read you recently passed. Must be going senile in my old age!
Just hate seeing people waste money and miss a learning opportunity.
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26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: Lw10 long wire Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:12 am
I wish it was all out of the way probably stressed about nothing it doesn't take much lol,, Alan has bet a £5 on me...
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Subject: Re: Lw10 long wire Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:58 am
i`m looking to buy another longwire instead of the 1:49 with 30 meter wire that i have now. think i`m gonna try the HF20A, only 20 meters with 2*1,5 meter extra. not that long, but working for 80 to 6 meters.
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