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

[Cecil]

Any chance the feedline was damaged and water may have gotten into a nick in the jacket?

Just thinking out loud...

Cecil
K5DL

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> On Mar 22, 2015, at 8:32 PM, "Ray Brown" <kb0stn at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> It wasn't lightning. The rotor cable got chewed up by a lawnmower because it had
> dropped down to the ground and I didn't know it and my son chewed it up. :-(
> 
>               Ray, KB0STN
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecil" <chacuff at cableone.net>
> To: "Ray Brown" <kb0stn at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 7:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [50mhz] High SWR on a 4-element beam
> 
> 
> What caused the rotor cable failure?
> 
> If it was lightning related that could be the cause of the antenna failure as well.
> 
> Could be a damaged matching device on the antenna....or damaged feedline.
> 
> Hard to know without more info.
> 
> Cecil
> K5DL
> 
> Sent using recycled electrons.
> 
>> On Mar 22, 2015, at 6:55 PM, "Ray Brown" <kb0stn at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
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