if you only plan on being on one or just a few channels, (19, 15-20, etc)
then you should tune for that group.
splitting hairs with that though, it can make a difference, but not
usually very much.
i have never done a recalibration, and ive never had any problems.
you do want to try and make the situation as close to normal operating
conditions as possible, sit where you normally would be during ops, nobody
standing next to the ant., try to stay away from metal objects, stuff like
that.
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 ABeerCan@aol.com wrote:
> You take all your readings from the initial calibration. Check your swr at
> your highest and lowest freq. That would be chan1 and chan 40. This way at
> around chan 19 (a popular channel) your swr will be very low.You want to tune
> the ant till the swr on chan 1 matches chan 40. I can't remember off the top
> of my head which way to tune according to the differences in readings. I
> think I may be correct in saying if it is low on Chan 1 and high on Chan 40,
> then the ant needs to be lengthed. If it is high on chan 1 and low on chan
> 40 you need to shorten the ant. Keep adjusting it a little at a time till
> you get it just right.
>
> Will
>
> "You better hope there is intelligent life out there somewhere,
> Cause I think we got cheated down here on Earth!"
>
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