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KD2HUE,
What is “much higher than they were”? Can you give me some numbers?
If you trimmed the 10 meter stub without setting the 40/20 first then you will have skewed 40/20. First get 40 meters correct. Then 20, then 15 and then 10.
In my experience I haven’t had to trim any of the stubs once I get 40 correct.
That may be because I tune for the low end of the band in the CW portion.
Can you tell me what “Much higher” is?
In other words if it went from 1:3 to 1:8, that’s not much.
Really anything below 2:0 is ok with your rig.
Let me know how it’s working out for you.Randy_KB4QQJ
John,
The Trail Friendly is out of the box at the very bottom of the bands.
If you operate mostly SSB it will need to be shortened quite a bit.
The instructions are in the manual available online here:
http://www.lnrprecision.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/EFT10-20-40-Trail-Friendly1.pdf
Instead of “cutting” the wire I recommend pulling it through the insulator and wrapping it tightly back around itself. That way you can retune for a different location or portion of the band later if you need to.