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From: force12e@lightlink.com (Natan Huffman)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:09:46 -0400
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Dear Friends,

First of all I wanted to thank the hundreds of you who wished me well =
during my two month stay in the hospital.  Happy to report that I am =
home and working hard to rehabilitate this broken body.  If I could find =
a way to grow nerves faster, I would.

Checked out the station last Friday when I got home and found a problem =
with high VSWR on the stack of C3's.  With help, determined that the 1/2 =
inch hardline had become contaminated by water due to a poorly installed =
connector.\ (blush.)

Instead of replacing the connector, I decided to use a nice piece of =
1and  5/8 Heliax that had factory installed N connectors on it.  Put the =
new Heliax in and all was well. =20

Was again surprised at the increase in VSWR, but that was good as even =
200' of 1/2" had enough loss to "flatten" the line a little.  The point =
is that if you replace coax with a hard line that has significantly =
lower loss, you will expect to see an increase in indicated VSWR unless =
you have your meter in a very special place along the length of the =
line.

73,

Natan W6XR

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" size=3D2>First of =
all <FONT=20
color=3D#000000>I </FONT>wanted to thank the hundreds of you who wished =
me well=20
during my two month stay in the hospital.&nbsp; Happy to report that I =
am home=20
and working hard to rehabilitate this broken body.&nbsp; If I could find =
a way=20
to grow nerves faster, I would.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" =
size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" size=3D2>Checked out =
the station=20
last Friday when <FONT color=3D#000000>I </FONT>got home and found a =
problem with=20
high VSWR on the stack of C3's.&nbsp; With help, determined that the 1/2 =
inch=20
hardline had become contaminated by water due to a poorly installed =
connector.\=20
(blush.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" =
size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" size=3D2>Instead of =
replacing the=20
connector, <FONT color=3D#000000>I </FONT>decided to use a nice piece of =

1and&nbsp; 5/8 Heliax that had factory installed N connectors on =
it.&nbsp; Put=20
the new Heliax in and all was well.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" =
size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" size=3D2>Was again =
surprised at=20
the increase in VSWR, but that was good as even 200' of 1/2&quot; had =
enough=20
loss to &quot;flatten&quot; the line a little.&nbsp; The point is that =
if you=20
replace coax with a hard line that has significantly lower loss, you =
will expect=20
to see an increase in indicated VSWR unless you have your meter in a =
very=20
special place along the length of the line.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" =
size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" =
size=3D2>73,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Albertus Medium" size=3D2>Natan=20
W6XR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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