A Hamstick is a pretty narrow-band antenna and really needs to be set-up with an SWR analyzer, otherwise you can have a hard time finding where it is resonant. You don't have to be far off resonance (especially below 20 meters) for the SWR to be very high.
Also - check connectivity from the the coax center conductor at the radio end to the tip of the Hamstick. That'll tell you if you have an open in the Hamstick itself. Also, I don't believe the Hamstick can handle 500 watts - but maybe things have changed since I used them many years ago. But I bet the problem is that the Hamstick is resonant well-off where you think it is (but I've been wrong before). Phil - AD5X ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
