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Subject: [TowerTalk] 402CD
From: Roger Cooke G3LDI <roger@g3ldi.co.uk>
Reply-to: roger@g3ldi.co.uk
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:20:27 +0000
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Hi.

I am trying to get a Cushcraft 402CD to work. It was given to me by somebody who had stored it for a considerable time in his garage. I assemble it, using some lube on the aluminium joints etc and checked all measurements. I fed it with a velocity corrected piece of coax via a 1:1 balun and put it up. It is only at about 30ft, but the resonance is around 6.8MHz and the SWR is about 3:1.

I think it should be much better than that, but can't find any problem with it. I am now suspecting the loading coils and their connections. Although the insulation looks fine, has anybody else had
problems with these? I am clutching straws now!!

73 de Roger, G3LDI
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