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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:48:25 -0500, Wayne.B
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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:14:31 -0500, "Flying Pig"
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I'll try to find someone with a SWR meter here tomorrow morning before we
head out to our anchorage prior to going into the dock where we'll be
leaving Flying Pig, and give it a whirl.

One of the quirks of waterlogged coax is that it can exhibit a perfect
1:1 SWR ratio while transmitting little or no power because the signal
loss is so high that nothing gets reflected back to the SWR meter.

I also have the little cable and the mast-top antenna which proved the cable
at fault in the original explorations; it will be easy for me to get a boat
buddy to listen while I read some story or something on a remote channel and
see if that cured it. That shortie, BTW, is LMR400, so should be fine for
the test. I don't expect it's got much in the way of SWR issues :{))

OK

As to sagging power, with an 880AH bank, I doubt that's a problem,

Agreed but you could have a bad connection which is heating up under
load.

Accurate SWR measurements also require clear dry conditions. An
overcast day will affect the readings.

Bull****..... I don't know where you got your learning, but you should
go back and ask for a REFUND...because you are talking thru your HAT....

I have been in the business for 40+ Years, and my Bird Wattmeter reads
the same at VHF Frequencies, in the Fog, or under then Baking Sun....

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