Re: BCB sensitivity
Posted by
David Cutter on
Jul 21, 2008; 5:01am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/BCB-sensitivity-tp548048p574698.html
I forced my MFJ analyser to work in the broadcast band by simply adding a
silver mica cap in parallel with the tuning cap.
David
G3UNA
> Drew,
>
> For BCB operation using a 100 ft wire for an antenna (hopefully you also
> connect to some form of ground screen), I would expect the inductance in
> the KAT3 to be quite low. I would suggest adding a supplemental inductor
> in series with the antenna wire. I am not going to suggest just how much,
> but you can experiment. Using an antenna analyzer might be informative if
> you can find one that goes that low.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
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