[Yaesu] can't load up on ten meters

Robin Thompson robin@g3tkf.freeserve.co.uk
Sat, 3 Nov 2001 13:19:01 +0000


In article <006901c16464$8c6326e0$28a0b818@pavilion>, KZ2G
<kz2g@optonline.net> writes
>Well, as u might remember, i could not load up my pro-am 10-meter whip
on 10
>meters with my FT-100D in my van.  i had a 3.6:1 SWR no matter what i
did to
>the whip.  i put a dummy load on the ft-100d and had a perfect SWR. 
>Bob, KZ2G
>   ----------------------------
>_
Hi Bob
Did you try putting the dummy load on the other end of the coax feed to
the pro - am /or perhaps changing the feeder itself? Alternatively check
the earthing point at the pro-am ..... this may help?

G3TKF
Robin Thompson