Ok...
I went and added 9 more radials the SWR is now at 1.2:1 after some adjusting of
the air variable....
well , i decided to see how the amp (Alpha 374A) loaded into the antenna , I
keyed down with maybe 500 watts and everything went dead again in less that 1
second. So it now appears that I have smoked another relay in the RCS-10 .
One thing about this configuration is that the base of the antenna is about 16"
from the RCS-10 , is this too close ? I can probably move it so that it is
about 4' away if that is the issue.... I cant afford to keep destroying relays
and such....
thoughts ?
Dan N8DCJ
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From: topband-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Dan Bookwalter
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:41 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: More Inv-L matching issues....
well about a month ago i put up my Inv-L , it is now ~165ft , I have an air
variable in series , and 12 radials anywhere from 150-250ft long ( going out
to add more as soon as i am done typing this). my SWR wasn't too bad maybe
1.7:1 at the best. Two nights ago I added an amplifier to the mix ~700w ,
well to make a long story short I smoked one of the relays in my RCS-10 , I
am now not too sure what to do , I don't want to keep blowing out relays in
the RCS-10.
I had several responses back then regarding matching etc... , but , in my
haste i seem to have deleted them :-(
so here i am again asking for advice...
any help greatly appreciated
Dan N8DCJ
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