[RTTY] Interesting Discovery

[Steve Carpenter]

Sounds like water in the coax. Been there, done that.

Steve K4DXV


On 12/1/2016 11:40 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
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> On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 02:46:09 +0000, Thom wrote:
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>> 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:
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> 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
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