[TowerTalk] Trouble shooting HF6V

[Scott Hotchkiss]

U gotta balanced tuner?
Run some 450 Ohm windowline to the connections across the coil at the
feedpoint and get rid of the googaws. A 27 ft tall aluminum radiator and
counterpoise system. I did nearly the same with a blown R-7.
de W4PJ
Scott R. Hotchkiss
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
...George W. Bush

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Bullon" <kc5ajx@hotmail.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 12:59 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Trouble shooting HF6V


> 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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