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Re: Topband: "Is your feedline also an antenna?"

To: "MW Comercial" <mw_comercial@wp.pl>, <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: "Is your feedline also an antenna?"
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 14:36:57 -0400
List-post: <mailto:topband@contesting.com>
> Here we have a problem. After reading this comment, I said
to myself: "OK, I
> give up". The first switchbox I've built few weeks ago was
very simple and
> switching only the centers. All cables were sharing common
ground. Than,
> I've learnt from ON4UN book: "make sure you always switch
both the inner
> conductor and the shields (...)" This was confirmed by
other HAM's. So I've
> spent 2 more days rebuilding my switcher.

I would never switch a shield Mac. Never!

If switching a shield makes a change for the better it means
the cables are not connected properly at some end.

I cannot think of an exception to this.

73 Tom

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