Tuning 60 Meters

The rules regarding 60 Meters do not allow the transmission of a carrier. The tuner I use for HF, an LDG AT-897 uses a CW carrier to tune so I haven't been able to tune my antenna for 60 meters (I and haven't been able to put up a 60m only antenna). Purely by accident today, I discovered that if the G5RV I'm using and the AT-897 are tuned for the top end of the 80 Meter band, it will also work on 60 Meters with an SWR of 1.1:1 to 1.5:1.

Thanks to Guy, K4GTM for a successful test on 60 Meters Channel 1 to prove the discovery.

Hopefully I'll now be able to be a regular on the 60 Meter band.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net