[TowerTalk] Need balun advice

[Tom_N2SR]

At my old QTH, I had a Cushcraft A3WS about 6 feet above a TH6.  Antennas were only at 40 feet and 46 feet, but I had a nice VSWR pattern on both antennas.    I used Radioworks baluns for both antennas.   I would not use them again, but they did work fine.  When I took the antennas down and pulled the baluns off the antennas, both baluns rattled, so I tossed them both.   Tom, N2SR 
      From: Chris Wynn via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
 To: "K7LXC at aol.com" <K7LXC at aol.com>; "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com> 
 Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:54 PM
 Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Need balun advice
   
OK, see if this changes any opinions.  When I put up the A3WS at the towers nested height of about 30 feet, 12 meters swr was flat, 30 meters was flat, and 17 meters was around 1.8:1.... 
Now, with the A3WS MOUNTED OVER THE th-7, 12 METERS is 1.8:1, 30 meters is 3.1:1, and 17 meters is 1.0:1........
I have the A3WS mounted about 10 to 12 feet above the TH-7.  While talking to Mark at DX Eng., he brought up the issue of spacing between the TH-7 and the A3WS..... Originally, I thought that the 10 to 12 feet of space between the two would be enough.  However, at this point, I HAVE NO CLUE! Would it be worth moving the TH-7 above the A3WS?????
While coming home for lunch,  I worked the 5Z4 on 17 meters with the tower nested.... Hell if I know at this point!!!
AS TO THE QUESTIONS ON HOW I MEASURED THE SWR, I have used both the MFJ 259 and the radio's (FT-1000 field) and get the same measurements.... And have measured the swr at the end of the coax connected to the balun on the yagi.....
The TH-7 is working just fine......
I appreciate all of the help and advice...My XYL is livid with me as I have been totally consumed with these problems, and as much as I like RF, I LIKE "THAT" better and don't want to end up divorced;)

Chris
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    On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 10:40 AM, "K7LXC at aol.com" <K7LXC at aol.com> wrote:
  

  >  Last week I had the antenna back on the ground and disassembled every trap on it, and found nothing out of the ordinary. ?     So what was the swr when it was on the ground? Did you check it?     You need to first ascertain that your antenna looks like an antenna; i.e. it has a dip somewhere. Put your antenna analyzer on the antenna and work your way back from there.      BTW many times an "antenna problem" turned out to be something in the shack; e.g. coax jumper, coax switch, etc.  Cheers & GL,Steve      K7LXCTOWER TECH 

  
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