[Elecraft] KXAT1 with dipole

[Dan Presley]

>    Guys, my money is on the connector on the feedline. It must have 
>a short developed since the last time you used it. Or the short 
>might be at the antenna feed point.
>
>    The feed line length is just not a factor even when there is RF 
>on the shield, and there is some.
>
>
Sorry Karl-Ron had it exactly right.Feedline length is always a 
potential factor; I've run into it before and just forgot.Both with 
coax and ladder line sometimes you have to add or subtract a bit for 
impedance mismatch. You can look it up in the ARRL handbook In fact, 
you can even do a fair matching job with ladder line bypassing a 
tuner with the correct lengths.I added two feet of feedline and it 
loaded right up sweet as pie. I also should have realized it wasn't a 
shorted feedline as it still took some power and signal strengths 
were not hugely different as when there's nothing connected.
-- 
Dan Presley-N7CQR-Portland, Or QRP-L #502 ARS #71
n7cqr at arrl.net