[TenTec] OT: Antenna Problem

[Wj5mh at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/18/2007 6:05:13 PM Central Standard Time, K5XS at aol.com  
writes:

It happened rather quickly, which leads me to think it is a trap  failure  
(ugh), but I wonder if that would manifest itself on all  bands.
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I had a TH3-JR and started to have poor  receive issues that could be 
corrected by keying the transmitter for a split  second.  Well, the problem slowly 
got worse.  I finally pulled the  antenna down and checked the traps.  Every 
screw inside each trap was  loose.  I suspect you have a feedline or matching 
network connection  that's gone south, and not the traps.  Check inside the shack 
 first.
 
Joe