You could test the harness with dummy loads connected in place of each element, if you can round up enough dummy loads.
And you could install the entire array at a different location and test it there. Two more options to think about. If the single element is mounted in the same location as where the array was, I'd not be terribly suspicious of a near-field noise maker - rusty bolt, guy wire, etc. Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Kelley N1BUG" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair dipole array premature failure (noisy) > Update... the entire harness looks pristine. No sign of any problem. > That "goo" they put inside the plastic clam shells around the > factory Y splices is rather interesting stuff! > > I hope I find one or more noisy dipoles when I test 'em... otherwise > I'll be left with a mystery and have no idea what was wrong. > > Meanwhile the repeater continues to be 100% perfectly free of noise > on the single dipole from this array. It was never this good with > the whole SD2352 up there... not even on day one. > > Paul N1BUG > >
