Topband: Inv-L Issues - Still no luck

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

Dan,

What happens when you *DO* connect the L directly to your coax run and use 
your radio?
IE: is SWR ok?  The antenna works? (you make contacts easily).

Sounds like RF getting into the Remote switch.

Mike
AA

Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dan Bookwalter
  To: topband at contesting.com
  Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:48 PM
  Subject: Topband: Inv-L Issues - Still no luck


  Ok , I am having a real problem here that I haven't been able to solve 
yet.

  I have an inverted L out at the tower that is about 160' long , 70ft 
vertical the rest sort of horiz , slopes down.... I have one run of RG213 to 
the RCS-10 remote antenna switch which is at the tower , it was very close 
to the L , so i moved it so that it is now about 4 ft away from the L, I 
also grounded it. what is happening is that when i transmit , even 1 dit at 
about 10 watts something happens out at the switch , the radio goes silent , 
then after a minute or two it usually starts to come back. it only affects 
the port that the L is attached to , my Windom is on port 2 and it works 
fine , so it isnt the radio , the L also works just fine on other bands , I 
replaced 2 PL-259's and changed the coax that goes from the switch to the L 
, I do not know what else to do at this point other than at night when i 
want to use 160 go out to the tower and connect the feedline directly to the 
L. It happens no matter what port i have the L connected to...

  any ideas ?

  Dan
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