The coax being a good length to be an antenna shouldn't have much effect but
if your station ground wire is the right length that could do it or I
suppose if the ground for the ac outlet just happens to be the right length.
It's crazy but you I suppose could try one of those 3 to 2 prong adapters
and see if that changes anything to see if that is the case. It sounds crazy
I know but not impossible. I don't think I'd want to leave it that way, I'd
want that ground prong being used but if that does help you can try some
chokes on the AC cord. Or, again, when you shortened the coax are you sure
that connector that was put on then or the other one for that matter is
really on good? I don't know about your antenna but do you have, or should
you have a coil of coax at the antenna feed point? I know mine calls for
that, I don't know what happens without it because I didn't try it that way
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:37 AM
Subject: 75M issue continued
> Hi All:
>
> At the moment I have my coax laying on the ground in a zig zag
> pattern, running 90DG to the antenna.
> Its supposed to be 100 feet but it could be more, it might be less. If
> it does fall in the multiples of the bands, could it radiate and
> produce an SWR spike, intermittently?
> Lets say the actual length of the coax is 132 feet, which could be
> possible, its certainly not 66 feet but again, what if it was?
> As well, we've been having a breaker trip issue and the way an
> electrician explained it to me was essentially we have 2 grounds
> working against each other.
> On one end I have the station ground and then because I'm using a 3
> prong plug on my transceiver, its being grounded by the electrical
> panel and they're working against each other.
> When I 1ST ran things on a generator, the generator was just placed on
> the ground with no ground rod connection and my coax was around 75
> feet and everything was perfect.
> When we got the electrical installed and I shortened my coax because I
> thought there was too much spread out on the ground, the 75M and every
> now and then a 40M issue occurred. The buddy who's helping me, is even
> considering my rig.
> I don't see how because when the dummy load is switched in,
> everything's perfect.
> Also, the rig doesn't have an internal antenna tuner to turn off or
> bypass, so how does it know if there's SWR or not. It just transmits
> its power into the coax. LOL
> Crazy
>
> 73:
> Mike VO1AX
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