[TowerTalk] Hustler 5BTV Problem

[Jim CASSIDY]

I have had a problem with SWR on a 6BTV with resonant freq being lower than expected.  A friend advised me that sometimes the lower end of the aluminum can around the trap makes a bad connection to the mast.  The aluminum is the capacitance portion of the trap and without it the tap becomes a coil only and electrically lengthens the whole antenna.  
I have not tried to fix mine yet as its intended use is portable operation and I have not needed it yet.
73

Jim Cassidy

KI7Y