It's possible moisture is getting in somewhere Cracks form in old coax and 
it's water resistance tends to deteriorate over the years as well if it's 
been outside a long time.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:03 PM
Subject: Re-ATU issues


> Hi all:=20
>
> Had a ham buddy take a look inside my tuner today and it's good. It still 
> ac=
> ted up so we thought it might be the coax 1 connection. Used coax 2 this 
> eve=
> ning and after an hr or so, the tuner acted up again but this time it 
> includ=
> ed 40. I can't help but wonder if moisture is getting in the line. It's 
> old a=
> nd just laying on the ground from where it exits the shack, running about 
> 25=
> feet to the base of the antenna.=20
> Thoughts?=20
>
> 73:=20
> Michael DE VO1AX=