All I can say is that did happen to me the one time I coiled up about 50
feet of coax, it actually made it try to radiate the rest of the coax and
the SWR went crazy. The coax was fine, I cut off the extra and used it
elsewhere later on, even uncoiled and thrown all over the place it was fine
but coiled up, it wasn't happening at all. I'm just reminded of that which
is why I say that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: SWR's continued
> John:
>
> My initial feeling here is that you might indeed be correct, but others on
> the list have a different opinion, when you consider the overall losses
> for
> 40 feet of RG8X on 160 meters.
>
> Actually, now, I don't know what to think.
>
> I guess I could just try it and see what happens, although I hate to go to
> all the trouble, not know ing for sure if it will help the situation.
>
> I'll continue to read the thoughts of any others on the list who might
> want
> to weigh in on this.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:35 PM
> Subject: Re: SWR's continued
>
>
>> with 40 feet of coax coiled up, it's trying to radiate the coax, if you
>> cut
>> that section out, your readings and measurements will need to start over
>> again, but they'll make more sense.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:17 PM
>> Subject: SWR's continued
>>
>>
>>> Well, I took the LDG TW1 out of the circuit, and made a direct
>>> connection
>>> to
>>> the 160 meter sloper antenna.
>>>
>>> Lowest SWR according to the TS590 was 3.0 to 1--not as good at the TW1
>>> read
>>> with a 2.0 around 1.830 or 1.840, and when I went to the top of the
>>> band,
>>> the TS590 read "over" until I got down to around 1.900. The auto-tuner
>>> didn't tune the antenna up above 1.900 either.
>>>
>>> Why it tunes the antenna throughout the entire band with the TW1 in the
>>> circuit is beyond me at this point.
>>>
>>> Anyway, despite my efforts to shorten the thing about 9 or 10 feet, the
>>> antenna still seems a bit long to me.
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
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