[Antennas] something wrong here

[George, W5YR]

Forty-year old coax left laying out in the weather will do it every time!  
<:}

Not to dampen your enthusiasm, but they are not called "air-cooled dummy
loads" for nothing!   <:}

Seriously, they are good for what they do and sometimes they do very well.
I would look at that coax though and even closer at any balun that you
might be using, if it is other than a roll of coax at the feedpoint. You
almost have to see a variation in SWR over those bands and within a band
unless the loss somewhere is overwhelming.

73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas         
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe   
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n3drk wrote:
> 
> I put up on a 50 foot tower a Mosley TA-33SR Triband beam last weekend.
> There must be something wrong!
> 
> The swr is 1 to 1 on 20,15,10 meters! And it doesnt change from the cw to
> the ssb portion of the band.
> 
> Imagine that!