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[TowerTalk] Re: Analyzer zero reactance

To: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Analyzer zero reactance
From: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:30:50 -0400
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At 07:19 AM 10/18/04, Tom Rauch wrote:

The analyzer is susceptible to external voltages. As little
as a few millivolts external voltage can make the analyzer
not read zero.

Which may explain why my MFJ never goes to zero reactance on my 180' tower (due to external pickup) but DOES go to zero with the 20/40m 1/2 wave. Probably a lot less pickup problems on 20/40.

73, Bill W4ZV


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