What do you mean by 'it didn't help'? Did the SWR stay the same? If so,
the arrestor is bad and must be replaced. If not, you may have a bad
connector or jumper somewhere. Make sure you eliminate everything else too.
--
Jim Barbour
WD8CHL
Benjamin Naber wrote:
> thought the same you did, but nope didn't help
>
> Any one else?
>
>
> ~Ben, KB9LFZ
>
>
> --- Rick - VA3RZS/Charlotte - VA3CMR
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>>I could be wrong but I would say there is a problem
>>with the L . A ..
>>check it out on a dummy load .. that you know is
>>good .. I looked at
>>mine and thay are all fine and do not move the swr
>>up and all ...
>>
>>others might have a better answer for you
>>
>>
>>Rick
>>
>>
>>On 7 Jan 2005 at 12:01, Benjamin Naber 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?
>>>
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