jj_sutton76 wrote:

hey gary...

thanks for the reply. i will indeed take it down tomorrow and clean the
electrical connections. my dad kept it pretty clean, though... it
looked really good when i got it. the coax cable is brand new so i don'
think that's the problem. i do have an swr meter, but i just can't
figure out how to use it. the instructions that came with it from radio
shack are pretty cryptic. it says for whips you need to clip off part
of it in 1/4 inch sections to tune it. how do you make adjustments to a
large 3-section antenna? thanks!



HI, don't assume the coax is good even if it is new. Check the center
to center, ground to ground and center to ground
with an ohm meter.
Getting new bad coax does happen!!!
Also, when you tried the whip, did you use the same coax?? If so, then
the coax might be OK.
73, Jack