You can make your own SWR with paraffin and silicone based conduit lube.
You can make your own SWR with paraffin and silicone based conduit lube.
No no no, ya got it wrong. The idea is to keep the swrs from stickin to yer coax. The grease will make them slide off, and keep them from getting to yer diapole and screwin up yer swing. Damn extra hams, don't no nothin.Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Or you can just spray it with PAM. Works well--the electrons slip right back along the cable jacket to complete the circuit.
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It seems that you guys just don't understand. SWR stands for Short Wave Radion. An SWR is the RF equivalent of a photon. The more SWRs you have, the better your signal is, so you should adjust your tuning so your SWR meter is as showing as high a reading as possible.
A good antenna grease helps a lot too. Apply it heavily to all the exposed metal, it will allow the SWRs to leave your antenna at a higher speed, meaning that your signal will get to where it's going faster. That will give you a huge advantage during a pile-up because the DX station will hear your call before anyone else's.
Last edited by NQ6U; 10-02-2010 at 10:52 AM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Anyone with common sense knows the proper way to build a dipole is to call 1-800-AES-G5RV and have them ship a pre-fabbed unit to your doorstep.
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Thanks for all the help and suggestions, but about grease on the coax. I understand about Standing Waves and the more the better and how it's good for them to leave as fast as possible....but if I grease the coax, doesn't the lessen the traction so the swr's can't get up it in the first palce? ::: And will KY do the job?
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I think KY will work, but this is way better: http://www.rectorseal.com/index.php?...product_id=228
ky will work but you will have to re apply after every rain storm as the water will wash it away. good old fashioned vaseline or valvoline should work well.
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You should only use Valvoline with tube rigs.
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