[Kenwood] TS-870S

manualman at juno.com manualman at juno.com
Thu Jun 6 16:37:46 EDT 2013


We need more info. What band(s)? Did you check the coax for continuity?
Home made dipole; purchased product? How far away from the ends are the
buildings? What kind of buildings (metal sidings)? Did you try the rig
and SWR bridge into a dummy load? What kind of antenna tuner?

Pete, wa2cwa

On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:30:37 -0400 (EDT) THOMAS GRIECO
<tgrieco at optonline.net> writes:
> Recently raised a brand new dipole-center fed.
> It goes from one 4 story building, over a 2 story building to 
> another 4 
> story.
> Distance above "roof top" is 20 ft or so. New coax also.
> I have an antenna tuner in line with 1.1 to 1 SWR. Power out is only 
> 35 
> watts.
> I tried four SWR meters all the same reading.
> Solid state radio not like my Drakes so I can't change the finals.
> Any ideas?


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