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"Reg Edwards" wrote:

"Ian White wrote
But the original questioner wants to measure what's *really*
happening.
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But the original questioner can tell what's *really* happening just by
inspecting the antenna and feedline. He doesn't need any electrical
measuring instruments.

Of course, it may be in the middle of the night, in which case it
would be best to wait till the sun comes up.

Or he could rely on his memory of how he installed the antenna.

The trouble with you experts is that you overcomplicate matters and
make quite simple, obvious things appear to be mysterious.

But you have to justify your existence in one way or another. smiley
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Reg.

Actually I want to monitor the antenna because I have a splice in the
feedline and the feedpoint is subject to wx, snow ice and rain. Some
times the feedline itself is covered with snow and ice. I would find it
interesting to see what is happening when I see my SWR shoot up and
retuning my matchbox. I also have a strange thing happen when I apply
high power, I get a slight bump up in SWR suddenly. I often wonder if
one of my end insulators are breaking down under 1KW of RF or if there
is some imbalance on one leg due to ground or trees swaying in the wind.