Dot wrote:
I one side of a dipole gets loose, you'll know all about it... the swr is
likely to go to 6 or higher. Your receiver would be mysteriously quiet and
you wouldn't be getting normal power from your transmitter. In the worst
case it could damage your equipment.

Would you believe that an SGC-230 will match that mismatch
condition and the only clue that you will have is that you
are not making as many contacts as before?
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp