[TowerTalk] Interpreting symptoms

[Martin Sole]

>From what little I know I'd say that either the tape spool shaft or it's
return spring is broken and the tape is not moving. Most likely a big mess
of it snaked up in the housing.

Disconnecting the braid is just giving you some random length wire antenna
better at picking up noise than a resonant antenna or the SteppIR tape mess
might be.

Martin, HS0ZED


-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: 05 May 2011 18:10
To: towertalk reflector
Subject: [TowerTalk] Interpreting symptoms

My SteppIR is exhibiting high SWR at all frequencies. Varying the length of
the driven element does not affect it.

If I plug only the center conductor of the coax into the rig the noise level
is much higher than when the shield makes contact. Any SWAG's as to what
this means the problem likely is?

73, Mike NF4L
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