J-poles are not antennas of a given impedance-try placing the arrestor in line with a dc-grounded folded dipole and there should be no difference seen on a standard Vswr metre. Brad
--- Benjamin Naber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > afternoon ya'll > > Done a little bit of reading and playing around, > what is an advantage and disadvantage of using DC > gounded antennas? > > One thing I am curious about is why when a > lightning > arrestor is used with a DC grounded antenna, does > the > SWR go up? A while back I installed a lightning > arrestor in line with my j-pole and the SWR went WAY > up - something like a 3 or 4. Just recently I > installed a 5/4 wave shorted stub and the same > thing. > In either case, why would the SWR go up? > > ~Ben, KB9LFZ > > ===== > ------------------------------------------------- > ~Ben, KB9LFZ > > Got your radio on and "listening?" > Then KEY the radio and say that you are! LET US USE > WHAT WE HAVE!! > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced > search. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
