Hello,
I am back on the forum for a short period of time to ask if anyone has
experienced an antenna fire
with the Hy Gain Hy Tower on 160 meters. Afew nights ago I was trying to
work VP6DX on 160 meters
with @ 500 watts of power when I noticed the noise floor of the radio
dropped so I went outside and found
that the insulator that supports the main top whip of the antenna was
engulfed in flames so I quickly
climbed the tower and extinguished the flames. Has anyone else experienced
this problem with this antenna?
or have I experienced a strange fluke incident. I ran this vertical many
times before on 160 with excellent
performance and this is the first time I seen or herd of this bizarre
problem.
K7XQ Jeff
K7XQ Webpage: http://www.elite.net/~k7xq/k7xq.html
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