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Coax Brade Breaks
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Mark <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Tue, 13 May 2008 17:18:37 -0700
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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

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