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Old April 11th 05, 12:07 PM
Steveo
 
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"Leland C. Scott" wrote:
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Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It
creates an indention in the cable.


A "small" indention won't do any harm. However small is a relative term.
If the indention is too big you'll short the outer shield to the center
conductor. You don't want that to happen, period. If you have access to a
SWR meter then check your match. If it's 2 to 1 or less then don't worry
about it.

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