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This afternoon I hiked half an hour into the woods to a shelter on the Appalachian Trail for some much needed CW therapy. There was someone there, so I gave a quick "hello" as I walked up. She (or a low-T he) pulled the sleeping bag over her head and ignored me. Well, the picnic table is out. So I found a log with a decent nearby branch and spent the next hour trying to get my newly acquired tape measure dipole to tune. Nope. Packed it all back up.

I traded for this dipole, but I used it once before and it was perfect. I'm not sure what is wrong with it, but the absolute best I could get on it was 2:1 SWR. I guess I'll try it with some wires next and make sure it's not the center. It uses a 1:1 balun for the center and it has continuity where it should, and doesn't where it shouldn't.

[QUOTE="ToddDubya, post: 9459774, member: 29151"] This afternoon I hiked half an hour into the woods to a shelter on the Appalachian Trail for some much needed CW therapy. There was someone there, so I gave a quick "hello" as I walked up. She (or a low-T he) pulled the sleeping bag over her head and ignored me. Well, the picnic table is out. So I found a log with a decent nearby branch and spent the next hour trying to get my newly acquired tape measure dipole to tune. Nope. Packed it all back up. I traded for this dipole, but I used it once before and it was perfect. I'm not sure what is wrong with it, but the absolute best I could get on it was 2:1 SWR. I guess I'll try it with some wires next and make sure it's not the center. It uses a 1:1 balun for the center and it has continuity where it should, and doesn't where it shouldn't. [/QUOTE]

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