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Call Sign : 26-CT-4951 Posts : 65 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2023-09-12 QTH or Location : Malvern Worcester Equipment Used : Thunderpole T 2000 Age : 59
Subject: Antenna and advice. Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:38 pm
This may be a silly question but...... Is there an , antenna that tunes from the radio.? If so recommendations please. I am asking because with my silver rod 1/2 wave , if I need to re- tune its a case of taking it down from roof and tuning. I'm not keen on heights , especially in winter weather. I have a ss9900. Thank you
Nightprowler Contributor
Call Sign : 163TM186...MW6ETW Posts : 51 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2020-03-29 QTH or Location : Abergavenny Equipment Used : Yaesu FT757 GX2...Kenwood TS440S...Sirio GM
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:21 pm
Sirio gainmaster. My covers 26MHZ to 29mhz with a perfect SWR and no messing about with it. Chuck it up and use it.
RobChap New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-4465 Posts : 45 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2022-03-29 QTH or Location : Sheffield, UK Equipment Used : President McKinley, CRT SS 9900,CRT M9 Mic, Zetagi TM-999, Sirio Magmount 145, 1/4 Wave 9 foot Tank Whip/Red Devil Antenna. T2LT Wire Antenna on 10m DX Commander.
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:46 pm
Pauline Flynn wrote:
This may be a silly question but...... Is there an , antenna that tunes from the radio.? If so recommendations please. I am asking because with my silver rod 1/2 wave , if I need to re- tune its a case of taking it down from roof and tuning. I'm not keen on heights , especially in winter weather. I have a ss9900. Thank you
A pretuned wire antenna up on a fiberglass pole.
Pauline Flynn Contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4951 Posts : 65 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2023-09-12 QTH or Location : Malvern Worcester Equipment Used : Thunderpole T 2000 Age : 59
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:03 pm
Do you use a separate SWR ? mine is built-in on the ss9900. Thank you for your reply.
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220... Posts : 2632 Times Thanked : 70 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7610,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 16
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:11 pm
No antenna will tune from the radio unless ????. You have an HF radio with an auto-tuner built in and that will tune some antennas. 26MHz to 29MHz with a perfect SWR now that i would like to see 10m and 11m in one.
Nightprowler Contributor
Call Sign : 163TM186...MW6ETW Posts : 51 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2020-03-29 QTH or Location : Abergavenny Equipment Used : Yaesu FT757 GX2...Kenwood TS440S...Sirio GM
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:23 pm
I say perfect but 26.000 is about 1.3 and 29.000 is about 1.4 and pretty flat on 27.000 so perfectly usable and thats not using the built in SWR meter which I never trust.
Pauline Flynn Contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4951 Posts : 65 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2023-09-12 QTH or Location : Malvern Worcester Equipment Used : Thunderpole T 2000 Age : 59
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:47 pm
I've decided to go down the antenna matcher/ tuner route. Thanks guys. If you have any options on matcher/ tuner , please let me know.
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Pauline Flynn Contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4951 Posts : 65 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2023-09-12 QTH or Location : Malvern Worcester Equipment Used : Thunderpole T 2000 Age : 59
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:55 pm
Nightprowler. Thanks for advice, checked out sirio antenna. Not for me / my set up as my silver rod is adequate. Thanks anyway.
chazwozza Senior contributor
Posts : 130 Times Thanked : 1 Join date : 2020-02-15 QTH or Location : England Equipment Used : Radios
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:28 pm
You dont want to go down the matcher route if you can help it silver rods are notorious for filling with water
Pauline Flynn Contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4951 Posts : 65 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2023-09-12 QTH or Location : Malvern Worcester Equipment Used : Thunderpole T 2000 Age : 59
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:20 pm
What would happen to the matcher then?
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220... Posts : 2632 Times Thanked : 70 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7610,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 16
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:04 pm
Nothing would happen to the matcher. Matchers and auto-tuners only fool the radio to thinking is is getting a perfect SWR the don't tune the aerial at all.
Pauline Flynn Contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4951 Posts : 65 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2023-09-12 QTH or Location : Malvern Worcester Equipment Used : Thunderpole T 2000 Age : 59
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:43 pm
Oh, so what is the point of a matcher then?
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220... Posts : 2632 Times Thanked : 70 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7610,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 16
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:05 pm
It matches the 50ohm that the radio wants to see from the aerial as a perfect SWR
Pauline Flynn Contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4951 Posts : 65 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2023-09-12 QTH or Location : Malvern Worcester Equipment Used : Thunderpole T 2000 Age : 59
Subject: Re: Antenna and advice. Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:09 pm
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Subject: Antenna and advice. 
