[Antennas] RE: Troubleshooting traps

[Hsu, Aaron]

Perfect timing!  I've needed to check the traps on an A3S since FD '01, but haven't had the time or inclination to determine a valid testing method.

Now that a recommended method is available, does anyone have any info on the A3S traps?  The troubleshooting document only lists the traps for the AP8 vertical.  Barring any responses, I guess I could check for trap resonance just below 28MHz and 21MHz (on the 10M and 15M traps, respectively).  Comments or suggestions?


  - Aaron Hsu, NN6O (ex-KD6DAE)
    {nn6o}@arrl.net
    {athsu}@unistudios.com
    No-QRO Int'l #1,000,006
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Tait [mailto:bravo@iol.ie]
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 2:48 PM
Subject: [Antennas] Troubleshooting traps

I've added a new page to my site at http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/   It is a
document that was produced by staff members at Cushcraft some years ago, and
is a useful treatise on how to trace problems on antenna traps ..I have
reproduced it , with the permission of Ed Hammond WN1I at Cushcraft ..  It
remains of course, copyright of Cushcraft Corporation...
   I hope that some of you may find it useful..
          Vy 73
          John EI7BA