So here it is in the middle of Sandy and I'm 300' from the water's edge and thought I'd check to see if I had any antennas left. I had a horrific series of SWR readings regardless of band. It was around 10PM, the height of the high tide & storm here in costal CT. I had to see what was up & got to the stone wall bordering the salt marsh & with the spelunker's light saw the problem, The relay end of my Ameritron RCS-8V Remote Coax Switch was 5' under salt water. I later retrieved it and hosed it out & rinsed with alcohol, it seems to be OK today. Not so sure about the long-term condition of the coax to the radial plate/& 5 different antennae hooked up to it. Amazingly all of my antennae are wire shot over the tree tops and I didn't lose any of them.
There's advantages & disadvantages to have your radials on a salt marsh, disadvantages especially during a hurricane. Gary KA1J > Usual east coast subjects have been preoccupied. 73, Guy. > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Steve London <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Last night (31 Oct UTC) was very good on 160. AA0RS and W5XZ were trolling > > in the Europeans. The band seemed to be open all evening with OH3XR and > > PA3FQA being beacons, and RI1ANF with a big signal. But that was about it. > > Not even the usual east coast suspects. > > > > C'mon guys....it's time to test those new antennas that have been > > discussed at length ! > > > > 73, > > Steve, N2IC/5 > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Topband reflector - [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Topband reflector - [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - [email protected]
