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Swr on president george 2 with solacon a99 antenna
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steve.kendall@talk21.com New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-5182 Posts : 5 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-06-04 QTH or Location : St.Austell,Cornwall Equipment Used : President george2 & a99 Antenna Age : 59
Subject: Swr on president george 2 with solacon a99 antenna Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:34 pm
Hi guys, I’ve just set up my president george with a a99 antenna,swr is really good on most bands except fm uk the swr is really high and on some channels the swr needle won’t stay on set to get correct swr reading,just wondering if anyone has come across this problem before or perhaps Could point me in the right direction to hopefully get the swr down. Thanks for looking, Steve
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Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220... Posts : 2636 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: Swr on president george 2 with solacon a99 antenna Sat Jun 15, 2024 6:03 am
Sounds like the antenna is a bit short. You want to set the SWR around the part of the band you want to use the most if that makes sense. It it better the lower the frequency you go on. Not had that aerial since the 80s but i remember it had a good bandwidth and mine was setup around 27.555 but still ok on 40 uk fm.
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Technician New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-3818 M3RRN Posts : 15 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-03-12 QTH or Location : Kernow Equipment Used : CRT7900, 10/11m Dipole.
Subject: Re: Swr on president george 2 with solacon a99 antenna Wed Jun 19, 2024 4:38 pm
I had a A99 and as Alan said mine was fine and had a good band width, do you have access to a Analyser to see where its resistant ? Really go from there, I used mine on 10m and 11m and ran mine through a Yeasu FC-700 ATU to just tweak it a bit if required.
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Swr on president george 2 with solacon a99 antenna