[TowerTalk] cushcraft D40 resonant too high

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Cushcraft is known for having lousy connection points on their traps/coils.


On 11/24/2017 9:45 PM, Ted Boerkamp wrote:
> Hello all.....I had my D40 reinstalled on my tower a month ago and all was
> good...swr curve right where it should be...
>
> 7.080  swr 1:1.....now today I turn on the radio and it is all out of
> wack.....swr so high it trips the radio....
>
> I tuned around the radio a bit and notice the resonance point is now at 7.44
> at swr 1.3:1
>
> I went out to check and the entire antenna is still on the tower. Nothing
> missing.
>
> Could one of the two feed wires be open to either side of the dipole??
>
> What would cause this??? My other antennas on the tower appear to be
> fine....they are all fed from one coax
>
> thru an ameritron RCS4 switch box. Any suggestions or words of wisdom are
> welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
>   
>
> Ted VE3SS
>
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