[OKDXA] KT-34A

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It would appear a psychic intervention is in order........A circle of  
candles after dark around the base of the tower with a laying of hands on the  
base soon to follow.....Is known to never fail................But a lot of 
work  in cleaning the wax from the tower in the morning...................
 
RIBBIT..........................RIBBIT............................  BOHICA
 
 



In a message dated 3/1/2010 5:10:58 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net writes:

Hmmm...  Well, dang. There's no good way to get up there and do anything 
with it  without a basket crane. I'm sort of hoping that the wind will work 
some sort  of magic and all will be well again. Think of it as the Christain 
Science  method of antenna repair: Antenna!  Heal thyself!

Almost never  works, but it's easy.

73,

Kim N5OP



----- Original  Message ----
From: Coy Day <n5ok at arrl.net>
To: Discussion of OKDXA  <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 11:35:17  AM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] KT-34A

Kim,

I had that problem with  my KT-34XA once and it turned out to be a corroded
connection on one of the  elements.  The way those elements work is that 20
meters is linear  loaded and 10 meters is decoupled.  The 15 meter is
basically straight  through.  If all that makes sense.  So usually you
don't have  problems on 15.  ;-)  Just something to think about. 
Inspection  is your best bet at this point.  If you need any parts I have
lots of  them!

Coy
-- 
Coy Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK  73090
405-483-5632




Kim Elmore wrote:
> Well, I  need to clarify that statement:
>
> The mismatch appears  independent of frequency *in the 15 m band" but
> it works fine on 20 m  and 10 m.
>
> 73,
>
> Kim Elmore N5OP
>
>  At 08:18 AM 3/1/2010, Nelson Derks wrote:
>>Kim Elmore  wrote:
>> > The mismatch appears to be independent of  frequency.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>Adding one  more voice to the chorus, as soon as I saw the comment above
>>my  first thought was the feedline. It's practically independent  of
>>frequency when working as it should. When I say "feedline", I  mean
>>anything between the driven element and the radio... Balun,  PL-259's,
>>whatever.
>>
>>Could be as simple as a  chafed section of line that took a big drink of
>>water during the  last  storm.
>>
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