OE3FKG<p>Okay, im throughly confused. I try to improve my <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/speakerwire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speakerwire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/20m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>20m</span></a> 1/4 vertical <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/antenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antenna</span></a>. So first I calculated the best length (which is 506cm for 14.065 MHz), then I cut it to that length.</p><p>I added four radials which are about 1.5m because <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/portability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portability</span></a>.</p><p>My calibrated <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/nanoVNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nanoVNA</span></a> shows an <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/swr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swr</span></a> of 1:40 and my Xiegu shows an SWR of 1:1.1.</p><p>I can receive fine, couldn’t try to transmit yet.</p><p>What could I do wrong? <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amateurradio</span></a></p>