[Antennas] Change in coaz = change in SWR.

[Charles Greene]

Ont thing that could do it is RF on the outside of the coax.  Suggest you 
use a 1:1 balun at the antenna.

At 12:07 PM 10/26/2002 -0700, Thomas Beltran wrote:

>I exchanged 100' feet of RG-58 with 100' of Cable X-Perts 1318FX.  After
>checking the SWR with an RF-1, there is quite a difference - the resonant
>frequency of the antenna has gone up around 600 khz.  For example, I had a
>1.7:1 (checked just before changing the coax) at 14.230.  Now that freq
>shows an SWR of  4:1.  The low point, 1.3:1, is at 14.880.  Before adjusting
>the antenna, I thought I would check with the people on this list.  Any
>ideas?  Tom W6EIJ


73, Chas, W1CG
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