Hi Richard,

Richard Clark wrote:
Welcome to the fraternity. What you describe are common enough
problems and part of the "fun" of the hobby. Antennas are the last

Thanks. I hope to spend a lot of time, on learning and working on
antennas.

I presume you mean, by mast, that it is 10 feet out from the terrace
which is 50 feet above ground. That is all fine and well, but you
say
nothing of the dipole ends. That is, their height above ground. It
shouldn't matter too much, unless they are planted into the ground.

One end of the dipole is at about 4 ft above the terrace (which is 50
ft
from ground) and the other at about 6 ft from terrace.

I don't see any discussion of a tuner. You will eventually need one,
if you don't need it already.

I don't have a tuner yet. It's directly connected to an antenna.

This is ambitious and commendable. As I said, antennas being the
last
frontier makes this the last chance of experimentation (other than
getting the hang of using your gear).

Thanks Richard for the kind and encouraging words.

What could be the possibl;e reasons for the high SWR I am seeing?

73
Ramakrishnan, vu3rdd