[TowerTalk] Help needed, antenna SWR

[J Chaloupka]

It sounds like conditions are right for maintenance.  Why not put in 350' of wooden fence posts to support the coax up and out of the water?JIM

      From: Gary Smith <Gary at ka1j.com>
 To: Towertalk at contesting.com 
 Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 12:35 PM
 Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Help needed, antenna SWR
   
Thank you for the many replies both on & off list. It appears I will 
just have to let things be as they are. 

Being on a salt marsh, any storm that raises the salt water level 
excessively gets onto the coax at the feed plate and I can't operate 
then of course but after it recedes, it then damages the copper coax 
braid and those sections have to be replaced ergo "Spring 
maintenance".

It was during this time I noticed some higher than remembered SWR 
readings at the feed points of the antennas. I just laid out 350' 
7/8" of Commscope hardline and figured I may as well address any 
possible issues while I can. Between the Deer ticks with Lyme and a 
few physical issues, I don't want to have to keep making trips back & 
forth to this marsh. Getting old sure sucks at times.

I'll leave it as it is.

Thanks for the kind replies.

73,

Gary
KA1J

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