Had another gusty day, ran more (120) graphing cycles for a longer time (40 minutes) to see if the additional time showed more variation. It did. This one explained some never explained KPA1500 SWR faults. Added that to the Snip.
k2av.com/Snips.20220323.html 73, Guy K2AV On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 11:48 PM Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Had a very gusty March 7 here in eastern North Carolina blowing the > L/FCP all over. Did some 160m R,X,SWR scans to see the electrical > result of that, recording them to graphical format. Was not expecting > what I got. > > Would you have guessed that there is a way for the wind to wobble an > antenna wire, so that the feed X would wobble, the feed SWR wobble > worse, and the feed R would not? Text and graphics at: > > k2av.com/Snips.20220323.html > > Snips are a new format on k2av.com so I can post to list-servers using > short messages with a link without loading the list with > illustrations or detailed text, and save pix and text in an accessible > place where people can get to them without having to dig through > archives. Then I can post with careful language, illustrations, keep > them indexed and available and *editable* on the web site for later > readers. > > A short format for curiosities, oddities, new understandings, answers > to posts on list-servers, etc. > > Enjoy. > > 73, Guy K2AV -- Sent via Gmail Mobile on my iPhone _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
