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Mike Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:07:12 -0330
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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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