[Elecraft] Now General RF Issue WAS 160m loop experiment a big failure

Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com
Fri Oct 21 16:24:29 EDT 2011


Is this a helpful list, or what?

Wayne


On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

> On 10/21/2011 1:12 PM, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
>> Is there any chance that the shield has been pulled apart, and is now
>> completely open-circuit? A broken shield connection can be a major  
>> cause
>> of RFI, as RF currents can appear in very odd places in their  
>> search for
>> a new return path.
>
> I also like the broken shield hypothesis, Ian.
>
>>
>> How would a TDR respond to a broken shield? "Installation- 
>> dependent", I
>> suppose..
>
> It should.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC





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