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Allagator
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Post Number: 858
Registered: 9-2002


Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2012 - 4:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ive got a 102 whip with spring on a tripod for temp use and i cant get the swr below a 3 till it rains then it drops to a 2.5 ive tried grounding it to a ground rod and no change even tried a jumper wire to a trampoline and it didnt change a thing !!!!!!
Still looking for a new tower for my new place but i cant go over 30 foot cause of the size of the yard and where i have to put it up at !!!!
CEF 115 / CEF HAM 290 /KC9OKX
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Dale
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Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2012 - 2:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

sounds like a ground issue.even though you
did tryto run a ground .wheres the mount located?
you try relocating the antenna?
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
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Tech291
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Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2012 - 4:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Jason,
where is your tripod sitting,on the ground or roof?Try stringing 3-9' wires from the mount as ground radials.





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Allagator
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Posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 - 7:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

its sitting on the ground and i have 3 9 foot wires running out from it plus a wire from the bottom of the tripod to a ground rod so i think ill change the coax out and try that till i can get the tower put up !!!! Thanks guys !!!
CEF 115 / CEF HAM 290 /KC9OKX
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Press_man
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Posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 - 7:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Had a whip do that once. The insulator bushing was cracked and the whip was shorted.

73
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Allagator
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Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 2:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

well i changed the coax and boom its flat funny thing is the coax was new that i used on it . now im going to check the ends and make shure there isnt any loose wires and the connections are good
CEF 115 / CEF HAM 290 /KC9OKX
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Audio_drive
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Registered: 1-2009
Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 9:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i put up an i max 2000
as i raisd it higher the swr went down
also the wattage on my meter went down
from the begenning the swr's were about 1.3-1
wattage went from dk 15 on my galaxy 99 to 7 watt dk just by raising the antenna strange...
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Tech833
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Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 1:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Your wattmeter is not accurate.
Your radio 'Mythbuster' since 1998
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Philuk
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Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 3:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you can check your coax and any fitted plugs for shorts and breaks with a multimeter as it only takes a couple of tiny strands of the outer braid touching the centre core of the coax to mess the whole thing up, I spent a day looking for a problem on my coax and plugs and eventually found a patch lead with perfectly fitted plugs but when bent a certain way it presented a full short due to a break in the inner conductor shielding, very anoying and now in the trash minus the PL259 plugs.
good luck.
Phil
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Scooterman
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Registered: 3-2012
Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 9:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have had bad springs do that. I just tinned some braided copper strap and attached it to both ends of the spring. Worked good,

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