well, I was really
looking forward to this weekends VHF test and getting to use my new 7 el
and SB220 King conversion KW for the first time. I thought that since
the coax coming from the rig and also going from the 220 to outdoors was
really old that perhaps i should replace it. So I ordered two pre-made
pieces of LMR 400 to replace the old coax. Got home this afternoon and
started the process to snake them thru and hooked up. hooked up the
antenna and came back in to try it out! Perfect for one second and then
the SWR went to infinity. Bummer, my first thought is the coax
connection at the jumper on top of the tower. So I made two trips up the
tower with my bum knee, finally switched the coax coming down thinking
that the other was bad. No delight! So I hooked up the KT36 in place and
SWR is still infinity so it is not the tower coax or antenna... now I
am thinking the new coax might be bad but before I put the old back in
place i decided to bypass the 220... Bingo... SWR is now 1:1. The 220
was never turned on and it should be a straight connection thru it! So
what in the world could be causing that problem? I am not going to try
to solve it before the contest so I will be low power after all. I hate
these puzzles! C ya all this week end! 73's Cort K4WI