[TowerTalk] Trouble shooting HF6V

[Rick Bullon]

Hello All
I had a lightning strike at my QTH awhile back. It seems that all that was 
damaged was the antenna system, The coax was disconnected from the shack.
I have replaced all the coax from the shack to the Butternut HV6V vertical 
but I still have problems with high swr at the antenna. I can't see any 
damage to the antenna and all I can figure out that be wrong is that one or 
several of the door knob capacitors are shot. So how do I test the 
capacitors? All I have for test equipment is an MFJ 259B and a analog volt 
ohm meter.
Another thing that puzzles me is that the high swr is on all bands. I 
thought that the capacitors were not used for the 10 and 15 meter bands but 
just the lower ones.
I was hoping to have this fixed in time for the ARRL 10 meter contest but it 
looks like I am going to have to put up a dipole for the contest. Any 
suggestions on the best direction to run the dipole for this contest for a 
station in Texas? I have plenty of room out here for the dipole but not any 
supports. I am planning on putting it up on a Radio Shack 35 ft push up pole 
and errect the dipole in an inverted vee configuration.
Thanks & 73
Rick
KC5AJX
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