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To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Cc: john Parmalee ; Robert Polinski
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dipole - one day ok, next day high SWR
I’ve been thinking about the rubber spray material that supposedly waterproofs
everything wondering if I sprayed a dose of that on a connector if it would
All,
Thanks for the advice.
When I left it yesterday, my feed line coming out of my soffit was run down
over a metal roof and then laid a bit over the ground before going up to the
antenna. I hadn’t pulled the slack back into the attic yet. It’s good LMR 400
direct burial coax so I didn’t
Shannon, look into the possibility you have gotten water into the feed
line. Also check your radio with a dummy load.
Good luck,
73 Roy - W5TKZ
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 8:34 AM Shannon Tassin via BVARC
wrote:
> All,
>
> I have an OCF 80-10M dipole that I just hung between some trees in a new
>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 12:17 PM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Cc: john Parmalee ; Robert Polinski
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dipole - one day ok, next day high SWR
I’ve been thinking about the rubber spray material that supposedly waterproofs
everything wondering if I sprayed a
, October 14, 2022 9:59 AM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Cc: Jeffrey Carson ; Philip Bartash
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dipole - one day ok, next day high SWR
In case you havent, a tape such as this
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b5456/
in Houston is necessary or your coax
what you pay for.
Robert KD5YVQ
From: BVARC On Behalf Of Jeffrey Carson via BVARC
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 9:59 AM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Cc: Jeffrey Carson ; Philip Bartash
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dipole - one day ok, next day high SWR
In case you havent, a tape
Might want to check the balun to make sure it didn't get any water in it
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 8:34 AM Shannon Tassin via BVARC
wrote:
> All,
>
> I have an OCF 80-10M dipole that I just hung between some trees in a new
> location. I hung it yesterday (before all of the rain) and was able to
On Behalf Of Jeffrey Carson via BVARC
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 9:59 AM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Cc: Jeffrey Carson ; Philip Bartash
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dipole - one day ok, next day high SWR
In case you havent, a tape such as this
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b5456
In case you havent, a tape such as this
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b5456/
in Houston is necessary or your coax will go bad very very quick. Tape it
around the PL connectors. There are other kinds, but this one you can find at
Lowes or HD pretty easy.
On Friday, October 14, 2022
moisture in the feed line connection perhaps?
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 8:34 AM Shannon Tassin via BVARC
wrote:
> All,
>
> I have an OCF 80-10M dipole that I just hung between some trees in a new
> location. I hung it yesterday (before all of the rain) and was able to tune
> it on every frequency
All,
I have an OCF 80-10M dipole that I just hung between some trees in a new
location. I hung it yesterday (before all of the rain) and was able to tune it
on every frequency with my Yeasu FT-991A and make several FT-8 contacts. It
seemed to be working very well.
This morning, it will not
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