[TowerTalk] SWR shifts with power

Bill Coleman aa4lr at arrl.net
Tue Jan 24 20:13:14 EST 2006


On Jan 23, 2006, at 11:43 PM, Tom Osborne wrote:

> Another thing I have seen is bad connections in a variable cap.   
> You might
> check the bearings and where the end plates are connected  
> together.  I've
> seen them full of powder when taken apart.

Had a problem like that with the 80m cap. A shot of LPS 3 and a few  
rotations seems to have cured that.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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