Dr. Slick wrote:
I'm certain that one of two things (or a
combo of both) did the trick, but i wanted to
see if any of you seasoned antenna boys could
guess what the problem was.

Dear Dr -

This is just a WAG, but were you supporting the dipole on an aluminum
ladder at first? Then substituted a non-metalic support?

Thanks for the interesting topic - I see it has long legs!

Lee H, NB7F
antenna boy...