Hi Doug, I put the connectors on the hardline myself, & was very careful in doing so. Also did an RF check with a dummy load on the end, and no loss/problems.
I am going to concentrate on the actual connectors from the Quantar. thanks, Tim --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "n3dab" <rb_n3...@...> wrote: > > I've been following this thread on and off. I was wondering if you tried > replacing the 100' plus run of RG-214 with another cable. Or if you have > pulled the connectors on each end to see if they are properly installed. (I > have had connectors installed by the cable supplier that were bad. in one > case a direct short between the shield and center conductor because the cable > wasn't properly trimmed, and in another case the shield was deformed during > the installation and the distance between it and the center conductor was > close enought to short when RF was applied but still not show a short when > check with a VOM for continuity.) All it takes is for a couple of strands of > the shield braid to be in the wrong place when you key up. to cause all your > greif. Also, you might want to do the same with all the other cables > (inspect and/or substitute 1 at a time). > > Barring that I would suggest you change out every adapter/fitting and right > angle connector you have in the system, from rptr. to antenna, one at a time > to see if the problem lies there as well. The 100' horizotal distance and > 10' vertical distance are not where the problem is. You have got a faulty > component os sheilding problem. > > My 2 cents worth. > > Doug N3DAB > >
