karelgol
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Call Sign : 19-CT-024 / PD0GOL
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Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-897D, Quansheng UV-K5 porto, CB silver rod as mutiband HF antenna, OSJ-pole for 2m/70cm, MFJ-925 tuner
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 |  Subject: order of installation  Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:52 pm | |
| Another stupid antenna question. Should i first adjust my antenna for the lowest SWR (suppose it's resonant then) and then mount a common mode choke? Just thinking about what happened when i switched from RG58 to RG213. Then the SWR went up, i think caused by the lower loss of the RG213, which also applies to the return RF???
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BigTone
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Equipment Used : CRT 9900, Icom 705, Kenwood TS570, Icom 910
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| | Subject: Re: order of installation Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:34 am | |
| As far as SWR goes, correct on "worse" reading for the better coax.
Exactly the reason you said.
More RF reaching the aerial and less being lost on the return.
Just remember, the true SWR of the aerial hasn't altered
As for the choke, put it in at the start, common mode current may cause a false reading.
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