Topband: Bad tower shunt capacitor

[Herb Schoenbohm]

Wouldn't 1 5/8 hardline make a better HV RF capacitor?


Herb, KV4FZ



On 1/29/2014 11:34 PM, HAROLD SMITH JR wrote:
> Jamie,
>
> The VSWR would change because the arc would change the impedance at the Arc point. From perhaps several hundred or thousand ohms to
> near Zero during the Arc..
>
> 73, Price W0RI
>
>
> Thanks Steve:
>
> Not bad - I may try that ! :)
>
> The question in my mind was if there was an arc outside the caps, why would the SWR change ? Anyway, I may be missing something. I haven't been inside the cap box at the tower for many months so I'll get into it - may be something easy.
>
> 73, Jamie
> WB4YDL
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 7:11 PM, wb6rse1 at mac.com wrote:
>>
>> Have someone hit the key while you watch which one flashes over. Steve WB6RSE
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