[TowerTalk] FA-VA5 question

[Wes]

Since you don't want to read any manuals, this is probably a moot point, but the 
VNWA software has TDR provisions.  Whether you can get enough data out of the 
FA-VA5 or not isn't clear to me without reading the manual.  I too have better 
things to do at the moment. :-)

Wes  N7WS



On 11/5/2021 9:35 AM, Dave Sublette wrote:
> I have one of these which I use to check SWR and measure component values.
> I love it.  I know it is capable of doing more.  I just haven't had a need
> to use it any other way.  What I am wondering is, will the thing act as a
> TDR?
>
> I have a 200 foot run of half inch Superflex cable buried in a PVC pipe.
> Thanks to a recent lightning strike, It measures shorted at one end of the
> run and open at the other.  If I could get some Idea where the problem is,
> perhaps I could dig it up and repair it without trying to pull and replace
> it.  A fault like this implies to me that there is a clean break somewhere
> and a short somewhere else. With a TDR, I could find the break and repair
> it, then find the short.
>
> Any other thoughts?  Sure would be nice if I could get this repaired before
> winter sets in.
>
> Thanks & 73,
>
> Dave, K4TO
>
> ps -- I know there is a manual for this.  Please don't suggest that I read
> it.  I have nine pieces of equipment to repair and I am up to my ears in
> alligators!
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