Maybe try a good Line Isolator/ Feedline Current Choke to get rid of the
common-mode current.
73 John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antennaware-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:antennaware-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K9AY
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:02 PM
> To: OTAKEBI@aol.com
> Cc: antennaware@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Antennaware] Low RF Output on Butternut Vertical Help???
>
>
> Dan,
>
> I'm willing to bet that you have RF floating around on
> shields and grounds. The added coax changed the system enough
> to reduce the problem in the shack, but increase the RF in
> the Satellite system.
>
> Grounding and chokes may help, but sometimes there is simply
> too much RF coupled into the various wires due to the
> proximity of the antennas. I knew one ham who had a multiband
> vertical in his back yard and just couldn't do anything to
> keep RF out of his neighbors' telephones. When he switched to
> an inverted-vee off his 40-foot tower, the phone RFI went
> away, but more distant stations couldn't hear him as well.
> The cause could have been stronger coupling with vertical
> polarization, or the actual in-ground currents induced by the
> vertical and its radials. I think it was the latter.
>
> Gary
> K9AY
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: OTAKEBI@aol.com
> To: k9ay@k9ay.com
> Cc: antennaware@contesting.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Antennaware] Low RF Output on Butternut
> Vertical Help???
>
>
> Gary, last night I added 5 feet of coax with a barrel connector.
> All fine now on 20 meters.
> I am getting full output on 20 without tuner and the radio
> is not drawing the high amps that were causing it to trip the breaker.
> However, the TV in the bedroom which on Direct TV developed
> bad RFI with the added coax.
> It was not doing that before and the dish is on the other
> side of the antenna from the house where the Butternut is.
> Very strange.
> 10 meters also went up to 80 watts output without tuner.
> Any ideas as to what took place?
> Thanks,
> Dan N4VET
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