Had another gusty day, ran more (120) graphing cycles for a longer time (40
minutes) to see if the additional time showed more variation. It did. This
one explained some never explained KPA1500 SWR faults. Added that to the
Snip.
k2av.com/Snips.20220323.html
73, Guy K2AV
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 11:48 PM Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Had a very gusty March 7 here in eastern North Carolina blowing the
> L/FCP all over. Did some 160m R,X,SWR scans to see the electrical
> result of that, recording them to graphical format. Was not expecting
> what I got.
>
> Would you have guessed that there is a way for the wind to wobble an
> antenna wire, so that the feed X would wobble, the feed SWR wobble
> worse, and the feed R would not? Text and graphics at:
>
> k2av.com/Snips.20220323.html
>
> Snips are a new format on k2av.com so I can post to list-servers using
> short messages with a link without loading the list with
> illustrations or detailed text, and save pix and text in an accessible
> place where people can get to them without having to dig through
> archives. Then I can post with careful language, illustrations, keep
> them indexed and available and *editable* on the web site for later
> readers.
>
> A short format for curiosities, oddities, new understandings, answers
> to posts on list-servers, etc.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> 73, Guy K2AV
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