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01-21-2010, 07:58 PM
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Hi Mike - It sounds as if we have very similar...
Hi Mike - It sounds as if we have very similar installations, but, I've not been specific about the wire size I used for grounding. You used 1" copper braid while I used #10 AWG stranded. I have...
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I wondered if someone would catch that. It's an...
I wondered if someone would catch that. It's an optical illusion and a reflection off the shiny back side of the coach. There really is only one ground wire going to the chassis. Don't forget, I...
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ATAS 120 won't tune
Final Solution: I'm attaching 3 pics of the antenna. It works just fine, now. There's NO PVC involved and I used two hose clamps to attach the antenna mount to the ladder. The Yaesu tech - Ron -...
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Update - I pulled the antenna down. I checked all the ground wires. I kept the antenna on a short piece of PVC and it still wouldn't tune. The best I could get was 4.2 SWR by manually tuning. I...
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ATAS 120 won't tune
I called Yaesu and I got the same word about grounding. In addition I was told by them to ground the negative lead of my power supply. This was in addition to grounding my FT 857 to the chassis. ...
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12-21-2009, 09:25 PM
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Thank you, Gentlemen for all your thoughtful...
Thank you, Gentlemen for all your thoughtful replies. I will: 1.) Try the Yahoo groups, Andy; 2.) Try running a ground wire from the antenna to the radio to check for a common ground, TXiceman; 3.)...
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12-21-2009, 06:11 PM
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ATAS 120 won't tune
Yup! That was one of the first things I did during the radio install.
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12-21-2009, 03:21 PM
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ATAS 120 won't tune ......
I have installed an FT857D with an ATAS Screwdriver 120 in our Winnebago Adventurer 38J. The antenna is mounted on the ladder using PVC pipe and grounded to the coach frame using 10 gauge stranded...
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It was a Google search for RV Ham Radio Antennas...
It was a Google search for RV Ham Radio Antennas that got me "hooked up". Thanks,
TN-Tom, N1NDM
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