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[TowerTalk] SWR problems A4S

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Subject: [TowerTalk] SWR problems A4S
From: jerrymorris@worldnet.att.net (Jerry Morris - W5MS-W5KUF-Corpus Christi Amateur Radio Club)
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 16:35:06 -0800
it sounds like your balan is saturated, is surley defective, change it out,
have seen the same problem here before and that is what it was....bad
balan....w5kuf

Bill Hinkle wrote:

> Hello all,
>                   I have a Cushcraft A4S with the 40 meter kit. I use a
> Bencher balun with it. The SWR has gone bonkers on 20, 15 and 10 meters,
> 40 is still ok. I have a remote coax switch and the other antennas hooked
> to it are OK. So the problem is from the remote switch to the antenna.  I
> noticed while checking it after it had set unused for a day or two the
> SWR started out ok, but when I kept it keyed down on CW, I could see the
> SWR just start climbing to over 3 to 1 in about 30 seconds at 100 watts.
> Any ideas as to where I should start looking?
>
>                 73, Bill KB3AUG
>
>                 Riverton, WV
>
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