[TowerTalk] New Cushcraft XM240 Trouble

[Gary Schafer]

Sure add more feed line to any poor antenna and it will "look better at the
other end". But that doesn't mean the antenna is working properly.

The proper place to measure is at the antenna.

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of K7LXC at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:38 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com; RadioIR at charter.net
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] New Cushcraft XM240 Trouble
> 
> 
> In a message dated 4/12/2006 8:44:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
> 
> >  Your analyzer could also be lying to you.
> 
>     After working on over 200 ham tower/antenna  installations, the only
> thing that matters to me is how the antenna looks in  the shack at the end
> of the
> feedline. That's my bottom line. Sometimes an  antenna looks a little
> funny
> when measured up on the tower but looks FB in the  shack ( e.g. C31XR).
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
> Cell: 206-890-4188
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