[50mhz] High SWR on a 4-element beam

[manualman at juno.com]

It probably would be helpful to know the make and model and what type of
match is used on the driven element. Could be hardware corrosion,
adjustment, balun problem if used, coax connection broken or
intermittent, or even a coax feedline problem. A close visible inspection
is probably required. Computer speculation repair is probably not going
to work in finding the problem.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 18:55:43 -0500 "Ray Brown" <kb0stn at sbcglobal.net>
writes:
>   I finally got around to replacing my rotor cable on my 4-element 
> beam, 
> so that I can start playing around again on 6m. To be honest, I 
> don't 
> remember which brand or model it is. Anyway, I was trying it out on
> just low power and according to my cross-hair meter,  I was getting
> a very high SWR at 50.125. So I get my MFJ analyzer out and sweep 
> it,
> and I have nearly perfect SWR at 46 and 60 MHz, but very high 
> elsewhere
> on the band. The antenna looks okay, the rods are all in place and 
> straight.
> 
>   Suggestions?
> 
> 
>                 Ray, KB0STN
>