[Elecraft] I am flummoxed about my antenna

[Jim Brown]

On 12/1/2018 9:05 AM, Craig Smith wrote:
> ou’re on the right track with changing the coax.  You have some sort of resistive loss.

Not necessarily. Did you get on the air during the contest? Did you work 
anyone?

SWR is NOT an indicator of antenna performance. Yes, the antenna appears 
to be resonant below 1.8 MHz. An inverted L consists of two parts, both 
equally important -- the vertical with the horizontal top, and the 
counterpoise/radial system. I agree that the broad SWR suggests a 
problem with the counterpoise/radial system.

73, Jim K9YC