"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...


Tight bends in the coax?

Very possibly. The original installation was very tight bends, both coming
out of the mast and into the antenna. OTOH, the antenna to the helm is also
very tightly bent (I didn't like it after the installation by my electrical
guy during our original installation, as well as the splash shield being
mounted UP - but it was done, and there's not enough length to make it
right), and it works fine.

All that said, I've concluded that, regardless of my shortly-to-be-tried
checking with a different antenna up top, I'm going to spring for a new
antenna and cable. This thread and others in different venues have me homing
in on the best cable I can buy (no sense in doing it wrong, for the sake of
a few bux, in what should be the last time it's fiddled with!), which, with
a new whip (don't know that we'll ever have to deal with a bridge again in
our ownership, but I'd rather not have to replace a lovely stick if we do,
not to mention that I expect most sticks would be a different mount than the
259 UHF connector I went to the trouble to install on my bracket), should
put the matter to rest.

When I DO replace it, I'll make sure of the proper length/radius of turns so
that it's not an issue for the future. I rather like another's comment
about some expensive stuff which is both thinner and lighter, but notably
better for the application. Once I have a proper reference number, I'll
hunt it down and lay it in when I'm back ashore.

In the meantime, I'll also do the check suggested by someone else in the
thread about checking out the antenna which was up there, it being out,
now...

Stay tuned (pardon the expression) :{))

L8R

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