No – but it’s the same coax that was used on the first antenna and is now being
used on the 20 which at 8’ off the ground (too windy to raise up) is showing
what I’d expect to see. Also coax can’t ‘clear out’ that fast... not in hours.
Also I have done an OSL using my SARK 110 and it worked fine during that
process.
at least I’d not think so...
Gary
From: Chuck Dietz
Sent: Saturday, April 2, 2016 6:56 PM
To: StellarCAT
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] frustrating rain and connections... also Noalox?
Did you change the coax yet? Take it off the beam and measure it with a
digital ohm meter. You will probably see a high resistance path to ground if
it's bad.
Chuck W5PR
On Saturday, April 2, 2016, StellarCAT <rxdesign@ssvecnet.com> wrote:
Thanks for the comments – it is a hairpin design. It is an M2 6 element 15
that was built using their 15M6-125 antenna and converted to their 15M6DX ...
so I refer to it now as a 15M6DX-125. Anyway it has a fiberglass center
insulator with thick donuts to ensure there isn’t any creepage along the
fiberglass... and if it were anything related to that it should have done it
when I hosed it down (lowered to 8’)... I couldn’t really get it to change with
a hose.
Its off the tower now – had to move on (take advantage of clear days) to
testing the 20M5LGS made from a 20M5 ... its now on the tower at 8’ up with
high winds so its not going up any higher until the hills are calm.
I’ll continue to test the 15 on saw horses. What I was seeing I’m sure will
show even at that height. And once again: whatever design wise might be
suggested it has to be remembered this is a near exact duplicate of another one
that didn’t have this problem. So I’d guess it has to be either related to
construction or possibly a deficiency caused by being used. The latter
shouldn’t be a problem – I’ve dealt with used antennas before and never had a
problem... but it could be. Please write direct if you have any other thoughts
that come to mind.
Gary
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