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1. [RTTY] Interesting Discovery (score: 1): Author: Thom <ki8w@ki8w.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 02:46:09 +0000; So I have had some issues over the past several weeks that has prevented me from entering the weekly NCCC RTTY Sprints. Tonight, all was well with my station until I discovered something I find inter; /archives//html/RTTY/2016-12/msg00000.html (6,930 bytes)
2. Re: [RTTY] Interesting Discovery (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 04:40:50 +0000; -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: A "sponge" i.e. something that absorbs RF, should not affect SWR like that. A metal roof might because of reflections, but your roof is there whether it; /archives//html/RTTY/2016-12/msg00001.html (6,958 bytes)
3. Re: [RTTY] Interesting Discovery (score: 1): Author: Thom <ki8w@ki8w.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 05:44:04 +0000; Well the rain has stopped and the wind has dried the roof and the swr on my dipoles are now 1:1. Just like I originally tuned them. Maybe the roof is not a sponge but definitely affecting the swr of; /archives//html/RTTY/2016-12/msg00002.html (8,642 bytes)
4. Re: [RTTY] Interesting Discovery (score: 1): Author: "Erik - K5WW" <k5ww@coyotearc.net>; Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 23:46:23 -0600; I agree with Bill, Thom. In the past 30 or so years I/my friends/their (club) stations have been housed in, under or near metal buildings. From small shacks to large warehouses. Not once did I notice; /archives//html/RTTY/2016-12/msg00003.html (8,793 bytes)
5. Re: [RTTY] Interesting Discovery (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 05:59:03 +0000; -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Just out of curiosity, try spraying the roof with a garden hose, being sure to keep the water off the antenna and especially off the coax. If the SWR doe; /archives//html/RTTY/2016-12/msg00004.html (7,774 bytes)
6. Re: [RTTY] Interesting Discovery (score: 1): Author: Steve Carpenter via RTTY <rtty@contesting.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 21:53:06 -0500; Sounds like water in the coax. Been there, done that. Steve K4DXV My SWR readings are near 8:1 right now and that roof is acting like a great big RF sponge for incoming/outgoing signals. REPLY: A "sp; /archives//html/RTTY/2016-12/msg00015.html (8,515 bytes)
7. Re: [RTTY] Interesting Discovery (score: 1): Author: Steve Carpenter via RTTY <rtty@contesting.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 22:04:14 -0500; Well, scratch my comment about water. I hadn't read everything in the thread. But I, too, have had high SWR during rain that would return to normal afterward. I always just attributed it to a general; /archives//html/RTTY/2016-12/msg00016.html (10,119 bytes)

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