<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 9:07 AM KEN CARUSO <<a href="mailto:wo1n@comcast.net">wo1n@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Hi Juan,</span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">What leads you to believe you need a tuner? Are your antenna not resonant for your target bands?</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>My SWR meter is too cheap, but it shows SWR over 3 in some bands. I set up my antenna as per the instructions for "MidBand". It seems that may not have been a good idea.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div>
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<div> <span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">As for HF static, well, yes welcome to the club. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Part of what makes them so fun. Those days where they are quiet can be glorious. </span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Seasonally this is the toughest time of the year with diminished daylight hours and frequent thunderstorms.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Diminished? The daylight hours are already up to something like 12 hours or more /day. :)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div>
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<div> Throw in some copious man made noise and there you go. Challenge on.</div>
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Sign up for the Club's Field Day event and some of us grizzled veterans will work with you to get you up the learning curve.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sounds like a good idea.</div><div><br></div><div>TY 763,</div><div>KC1SOZ Juan </div></div></div>