[TowerTalk] Rising SWR Update

[w4lc]

Hi Tom,

You may want to try opening the RCS-8V remote box and cleaning the contacts.
I recommend a business card sprayed with a contact cleaning solution on both
sides.  Just run it beween the contacts a couple times.

I have the RCS-4, and have had to do this about once a year.  The symptoms
telling me this is due are just what you describe.

Jim    W4LC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Branch" <tom at k4nr.org>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 02:55
Subject: [TowerTalk] Rising SWR Update


> Greetings,
>
> I ran a few more tests tonight.  I put the dummy load at the base of the
> tower. No problems.  That rules out everything between the tower and the
> shack. I ran 1 kw into the antenna and waited for the SWR to climb. As
soon
> as it reached 2:1,  I switch to one of the other sloper legs and the SWR
> continues to climb off the meter.  That rules out the baluns.  The only
two
> things left are the Ameritron antenna switch and the coax running up the
> tower.  I guess I'm going to climb the tower and bypass the antenna switch
> and try it again.  Too late to climb tonight.  Anyone have issues with the
> Ameritron RCS-8V?
>
> Tom
>
> tom at k4nr.org
> http://www.k4nr.org
>
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