On 5/15/2014 10:06 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
My 256 ft center fed wire shows a 1.0 amp current in one leg and a
> 1.1 amp current in the other leg. One leg goes through the top of a
> tree while the other is over grass. Depending on season, leaves or
> no leaves there is a noticed difference in balance/unbalance but no
> so as to cause a problem. These measurements were done with a single
> Weston RF Ammeter, 0 - 2A F.S., with internal thermocouple. Measure
> one leg and note the current and then measure the other leg. Pretty
> easy What were the currents you measured? .
Using a Palomar Engineers clamp-on RF ammeter, I measured 0.9 A in one
leg and 1.3 A in the other on 20 meters.
73,
Carter K8VT
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