[bars] Testing

[Tim KC1RET]

There was a huge CW contest this weekend so that may explain the 
abundance of CW signals.

I take it that your rig does not have a built-in tuner?  Do you have 
anything to check the SWR of your antenna system?

T.

On 5/28/2023 18:57, KC1SOZ wrote:
> Been playing with HF, finding it very easy to hear CW from all over 
> the world particularly on 7 and 14mhz frequencies. But there is a 
> tremendous amount of static in the background, don't know if that is 
> me or something external. I am finding it very difficult to get myself 
> heard and I think I really need an antenna tuner. Still trying to find 
> a Yaesu FC-10 to make it easy to do the tuning, but I may have to 
> break down and buy something else. The FC-800 I bought is for end-fed 
> wire antennas or long whip antennas. I don't think it will work with 
> my HyGain AV-14.
>
> Oh, well, maybe I just picked a less than optimal week to get started 
> with HF. We'll see.
>
> 73,
> KC1SOZ
> Juan
>
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