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Old 02-19-2008, 05:43 AM   #7
Richard Stouffer
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The antenna is a Hy Gain DX-77. It is a windom antenna with traps. I called Hy Gain yesterday to see if they could provide some clues on where my problem might be and the techincian said it was most likely a short in one of the traps. I played around with it last night and did find one place where one of the capacitors was very close to a small bolt. I moved the bolt. I tried the amp this morning, but it only work through 200 or so watts, then the radio shut down. So it does look like a short.

I'm putting entirely too much time on that antenna and with a new one coming in the distant future, I think I'll bite the bullet and just settle for barefoot operations until the Big SteppIR gets here.
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