Hi
Some where years ago I heard about bead breaks in the ground braid of coax. It had some thing to do with reducing RFI.
Jumping to the present, I was getting a 3 to 1 SWR on my HF antenna. So, just for kicks I attached only the center conductor of the coax to the center pin of a PL259. I made sure the coax braid did not touch the shield of the PL259. I ran a SWR check and found my SWR was now at 1.7 to 1. My question is what happened? Why did this appear to have such a wonderful affect on my antenna system?
God bless,
Mark