[TenTec] Eagle problem?

Carter k8vt at ameritech.net
Sat May 17 17:57:33 EDT 2014


On 5/15/2014 10:06 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
> My 256 ft center fed wire shows  a 1.0 amp current in one leg and a
 > 1.1 amp current in the other leg.  One leg goes through the top of a
 > tree while the other is over grass.  Depending on season, leaves or
 > no leaves there is a noticed difference in balance/unbalance but no
 > so as to cause a problem. These measurements were done with a single
 > Weston RF Ammeter, 0 - 2A F.S., with internal thermocouple. Measure
 > one leg and note the current and then measure the other leg. Pretty
 > easy  What were the currents you measured?  .

Using a Palomar Engineers clamp-on RF ammeter, I measured 0.9 A in one 
leg and 1.3 A in the other on 20 meters.

73,
Carter   K8VT



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