Richard Williams wrote:
>
The one thing of interest
> that I should have mentioned in the original message is that if I start
> with high power the SWR stays at 1.05 to 1 for about 10 to 14 seconds,
> it then starts to slowly rise and then as it goes above 1.4 to 1 or so
> starts to increase more rapidly and reaches 1.9 to 1 or so.
Hi Dick. It most likely is something getting hot! I took the PL-259's
and barrel connectors out of the feedline and soldered the feedline
directly to the 1/4 wave stub, and have never had that problem again. 73
Tom W7WHY
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