[Elecraft] Antenna Question

[Phil Kane]

On 10/10/2016 3:14 PM, hsherriff at reagan.com wrote:

> Would you connect the LMR to the antenna and allow it to move with the rotation, or run a short length of something much more flexible between the antenna and LMR?

Commercial practice is to use a flexible jumper and "drip loop" between
the feedline and the antenna, even if the antenna is fixed solid to the
tower/mast.  This relieves the stress on the antenna connector.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
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