Keven Matthews wrote:
So why am I
getting a better result with a long length of still coiled cable sitting on
my patio rather that a much shorter brand new piece.

Losses in coax tend to drive the SWR toward 1:1. At 440 MHz, the SWR
on a 200 foot unterminated piece of RG-58 is close to 1:1. If the
SWR goes up when you shorten or upgrade your coax, that's good news.
The bad news is your antenna system needs some tuning. Walter Maxwell
has a chapter on such in "Reflections", titled: "Low SWR for the
Wrong Reasons". One can always accomplish a low SWR with a dummy load.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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Cecil sed,

"Walter Maxwell has a chapter on such in "Reflections", titled: "Low SWR for
the
Wrong Reasons".

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Should be required reading for all hams.

73 de Jack, K9CUN

Low SWR for
the
Wrong Reasons".

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Should be required reading for all hams.

Why? ;-)
73 Gary N4AST