Hi Garry....thanks for the report and Argo snip. The antenna is now half an inch shorter than it was before, due to the splice to fix it. I didn't bother to take the cover off the helix house to tweak the variometer, as there are other things like the water that likely effect it more. 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER Beacon "EAR" 188.830 kHz. QRSS30 EN93dr