Ok... I went and added 9 more radials the SWR is now at 1.2:1 after some adjusting of the air variable....
well , i decided to see how the amp (Alpha 374A) loaded into the antenna , I keyed down with maybe 500 watts and everything went dead again in less that 1 second. So it now appears that I have smoked another relay in the RCS-10 . One thing about this configuration is that the base of the antenna is about 16" from the RCS-10 , is this too close ? I can probably move it so that it is about 4' away if that is the issue.... I cant afford to keep destroying relays and such.... thoughts ? Dan N8DCJ ________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: topband-boun...@contesting.com [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dan Bookwalter Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:41 PM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: More Inv-L matching issues.... well about a month ago i put up my Inv-L , it is now ~165ft , I have an air variable in series , and 12 radials anywhere from 150-250ft long ( going out to add more as soon as i am done typing this). my SWR wasn't too bad maybe 1.7:1 at the best. Two nights ago I added an amplifier to the mix ~700w , well to make a long story short I smoked one of the relays in my RCS-10 , I am now not too sure what to do , I don't want to keep blowing out relays in the RCS-10. I had several responses back then regarding matching etc... , but , in my haste i seem to have deleted them :-( so here i am again asking for advice... any help greatly appreciated Dan N8DCJ _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4714 - Release Date: 12/31/11 _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK