Don wrote: ...] > >1) fixed green wire problem >2) unearthed coax and it is laying on the ground on the top of the >grass >3) build choke with 31 mix at antenna out on the tuner >4) moved PC > >I am on the air. > >To do when the order shows up from UPS. > >Install new coax, I assume the one I have is not happy anymore and test >the system to see if I can remove the choke at the tuner. > > From my perspective I am on the air, but I do not have a robust >installation being on the 2nd floor. I probally can survive this >winter this way with the simple antenna shield grounding outside as I >did last winter as there is no lightning normally. However, I have to >determine the best way to redo the installation and am considering >moving the shack to the basement where then it will be signficantly >eaiser to have the shack properly grounded for safety and then bonded. > >Again thanks for the help, as I am on the air but not convinced that I >have it fully cured. So there may be more questions in the future when >I find stuff starts to not work again.
Well done - you made some real progress. While you're waiting for the brown van, how about building a simple clamp-on RF current meter? It is the most useful tool for this kind of RFI investigation, because it lets you *see* where the stray currents are. Once you've tried one, you'll wonder how you ever managed without it. The simplest 'Mousetrap' version only takes a half-hour to build: <http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek/clamp-on/clamp-on.htm> In a review of commercial meters for 'Radcom' (RSGB), the MFJ-854 performed well but I found the MFJ-805 very poor: <www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek/clamp-on/mfj-reviews.pdf> -- 73 from Ian GM3SEK http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
