[RTTY] Interesting Discovery

[Bill Turner]

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On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 02:46:09 +0000, Thom wrote:

>My SWR readings are near 8:1 right now and that roof is acting like a 
>great big RF sponge for incoming/outgoing signals.

REPLY:

A "sponge" i.e. something that absorbs RF, should not affect SWR like
that. A metal roof might because of reflections, but your roof is
there whether it rains or not. 

Something else is going on.  

73, Bill W6WRT