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Subject: 40m Relay Box Problem, solved?
Author: Richard Thorne <rthorne@tcac.net>
Date: 20-Oct-2000 20:58:40
I think I solved my problem. For starters in my earlier note I said my
swr was infinite, what I should have said is that its really really
high, :-).

When the relay box is installed in series with the feed line, several
inches of wire is placed in the circuit. The ORIGINAL hair pin was
moved to the feed line side of the relay, which I believe electrically
lengthened the hair pin coil.

I found in the packaging an extra coil which is much smaller than the
original hair pin coil. I'm guessing that I need to swap the original
hair pin with the smaller hair pin that came with the relay box.

I should have figured this out sooner, but it wasn't mentioned in the
documentation.

I'll swap the coils out tomorrow and report back.

--
73,
Richard Thorne
Amarillo, TX
Amateur Radio Station - N5ZC (Ex. KA2DSY, N2BHP, WB5M)
Remote Control Planes - AMA # 657062
Web Page: http://www.tcac.net/~rthorne/index.html




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