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Re: [TowerTalk] SWR shifts with power

To: Larry Phipps <larry@telepostinc.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SWR shifts with power
From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:27:33 -0500
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On Jan 23, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Larry Phipps wrote:

> I would suspect an intermittent connection... either a coax  
> connector or
> maybe a joint between tower sections. You should bridge the sections
> with straps. Also the rotator bearings should be bridged with  
> straps...
> anything that could provide a marginal connection.

I swapped out the coax with another line - same problem.

I doubt the tower section joints are a problem, although the rotator  
might be interesting.

I was thinking more like it might be a problem in the matching  
network itself.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

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