Paul N1BUG wrote: > I still can see no other possible source of the noise/desense in > this cavity.
Just a sanity checking question... You were able to get the cavity to misbehave OFF the site and hooked to completely different interconnect cables and a different radio, right??? You've also carefully checked the input connectors and loops for being loose (center pin falling out, etc...)? Just asking if you've made sure you're chasing the right problem. Anything that could have physically moved when you were even lightly tapping the cans is suspect until the can was proven for sure to exhibit the problem and the connectors were carefully checked, right? Just checking... before you chop on those any further... In the first photo, what were the big gouges in the plate from? Those didn't look real good... but didn't seem to be sticking out off the edges at all. Any thoughts as to how those got there? Nate WY0X
