----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Rogers
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:55 PM
Subject: [Liveaboard] FW: VHF ant
Have you done continuity check on mast coax/antenna? You might find out if the
connectors are good. What brand and type of antenna is at masthead? Some can
antennas ground differently. You would also get some information from a cheap
SWR meter.
Ron Rogers
It's a metz, and the replacement I have is also. Having proven the radio,
I'll next attack the antenna, that being the simplest (and from the looks of
the one upstairs, the most suspicious of the elements). I'm not sure, but I
MAY have a SWR, but I'm only familiar with what to look for in HAM applications
- what's the likely number(s) to look for?
Fortunately, I have a few weeks before leaving to go back to the states, and
will be assembling a list of all I need to buy. The helm radio is toast; I
stole the leads from it and made up the power connection to the suspicious
radio. Not mounted up there, just hanging by the antenna line, and the power
is just bolted up, but it proved that the radio itself wasn't the problem.
Thanks for your ideas.
L8R
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