I was already engaged so I couldn't get on last night.

Peter, on the isopoles, have the connections on the skirts been cleaned
lately, A little corrosion can change them from making the thing appear
broadband, to it just beeing a relatively poorly tuned vertical with no
decoupling.

gerry


On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Laws, Peter C. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yes, it was a good start.
>
> I have IsoPoles for 2 m and 70 cm FM, then a Cushcraft A148-10S for 2 m
> SSB.  Thinking of replacing the IsoPoles with that dual-band ground-plane
> that was in QST last month.
>
> --
> Peter Laws / N5UWY
> National Weather Center / Network Operations Center
> University of Oklahoma Information Technology
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> College of Architecture, Regional and City Planning, MRCP '16
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Carey McCachern [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 20:22
> To: OU Amateur Radio Club; Laws, Peter C.
> Subject: Re: SWR
>
> What vertical are you using?  I guess we'll have to get the radios worked
> out for next week, and we also might need to check the repeater coverage.
>  I'm glad we got 5 check-ins for this net.  It's a good start.
>
> 73,
>
> Carey N5RM
>
> On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:02 PM, "Laws, Peter C." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Mine is bad.  On both my 2-m antennas.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peter Laws / N5UWY
> > National Weather Center / Network Operations Center
> > University of Oklahoma Information Technology
> > [log in to unmask] (Remote)
> > College of Architecture, Regional and City Planning, MRCP '16
> >
>



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