[TheList] can I use this aerial ...

Sat Jun 11 13:38:30 AEST 2011

For transmission the Standing Wave Ratio (SWR) needs to be as close to 1:1
as possible.
This is done by tuning the length of the antenna to the frequency you're
operating.  Receivers have the same rules but a poor SWR will wreck
reception, not kill a radio; transmission on an SWR bigger than, say, 1.6:1
can cause serious damage to a transmitter.

Some transmitters automatically wind down the amount of radiated power they
attempt to use if the SWR is wrong as a self-protection measure. So the net
effect in that case is poor transmission quality as well.

I dont know what freqs you wish to use on your Tait 2000 but if they're not
those for which the antenna is tuned, you either need to retune the antenna
or look another way.

Retuning best done with the aid of an SWR Meter...

Cheers
Mark.

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Shiters rus <shiters_r_us at hotmail.com>wrote:

> If you cut it down to the right freq you will be right. If you use it as is
> you will end up damaging the radio after a period of time. Regards Brendan
> Sent from my HTC
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Lowndes
> Sent: 6/9/2011 11:32:42 PM
> To: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
> Subject: [TheList] can I use this aerial ...
>  I have a Tait 2000 fleetlink radio which I don't have an aerial for.
> What I do have is a 75mhz whip which I used to use on the scanner. Is it
> possible to use the 75mhz aerial with the fleetlink radio ?
>
> Second question, if the answer is no - does anybody (preferably in
> Auckland) have a magmount fleetlink whip they don't need any more ? :-)
>
> Cheers
> Gary
>
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