Hi John,
the antenna is grounded to earth. So, I am thinking this may help some
what. I would like to put a resonate ground radial on the antenna too.
God bless,
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: Coax Brade Breaks
> Are you running just 1, or are they in a dipole configuration? If just
> one,
> that's why, they need a ground plain of some sore, be it the dipole
> adapter
> so you have 2 of them in the form of a dipole, or how ever you'd like to
> do
> it, radials, if you have nothing on that shield side of the antenna,
> that's
> why it works that way and with out that shield connected, you're probably
> causing RFI all over the place. You need to run that either on a tripod,
> the
> dipole adapter, there has to be something on the shield side of the coax,
> and if you're just going to 1 of that antenna, it's only using the center
> conductor. From what you describe, I'd say that explains why the swr is
> that
> way, with out that shield, you're very likely causing a ton of RFI to
> TV's,
> phones, what ever.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Coax Brade Breaks
>
>
>> Hi John,
>> I am running a mobile whip similar to a ham stick. except the SWR's
>> are
>> about half of what I could get on the ham stick. They are even better now
>> that I put a break in the coax braid. O I should mention that I am using
>> a
>> 75 meter whip.
>>
>> God bless,
>> Mark
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:17 PM
>> Subject: Re: Coax Brade Breaks
>>
>>
>>> What kind of antenna?
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Coax Brade Breaks
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> Well, I am not sure of the efficiency factor but the power level on
>>>> the
>>>> watt meter jumped and the SWR dropped. So, I wonder if I concentrated
>>>> on
>>>> building an efficient ground system for the antenna, if this is a work
>>>> able
>>>> system for the long term?
>>>>
>>>> God bless,
>>>> Mark
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:51 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Coax Brade Breaks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> probably either A, the soldering job wasn't all that good, the
>>>>> connection
>>>>> at
>>>>> the antenna is broke, or it finds your ground a better substitute for
>>>>> the
>>>>> shield side of the antenna.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:18 PM
>>>>> Subject: Coax Brade Breaks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.=20
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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