Spooks! Haunted soil! ;-) That's probably not the problem. As I mentioned privately, I think uploading some more photos to a free file-sharing service website *and sharing those links here* would help us all to help you solve this.
Since photo attachments to the Topband Reflector are not possible, can anyone recommend a good file sharing website that Todd (and others) could use? 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 2:48 PM Todd Goins <tgo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Regarding the choke construction and implementation. Mike and I have had an > offline exchange, with pictures, and I think we have agreed that the choke > has been constructed properly per the newest K9YC specifications using a > 2.4" Type 31 Fair-Rite toroid and 18 turns of RG400. > > Also, the 150' long coax feedline has never been attached while taking any > measurements. At least not any reported here. All of the recent data (taken > with the RigExpert analyzer) I've put in tables in postings has been while > being connected to the output of a choke. The feedline was not part of the > equation. The coax stubs coming off of the choke are only a couple of > inches long on each end. The body of the RigExpert is plastic and it > doesn't seem to matter whether or not I'm holding it but I do take the > "official" measurements with it sitting on a towel on the ground. I did > also take measurements with a 4' coax jumper between the choke output and > the analyzer just to get the analyzer clear of the radial attachment area. > This made no appreciable difference in the measured values. > > At this point the "antenna erected over haunted burial ground" theory is > sounding more and more plausible. > > Hope to catch lots of you guys, hey and maybe some DX too, on the 160 > contest this weekend. > > 73, > Todd - NR7RR > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector