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After I posted above, I noticed your new info about the rain.

The V58 has an exposed SO239 that is vertically positioned at the antenna feed point. These type connectors are not water tight and can allow water to get into the feed line. Over time this is not good for the copper shield inside the coax and it may also change the apparent match of the antenna temporally until you start to experience increased line losses.

This may go away in a day or two if water is getting into your feed line. The only real way to check is to remove the feed line and hang it upside down and see if water comes out. If you wait too long to check you may not find water however, and then you won't know for sure. If your antenna is high then you have to invert the coax all the way or do the check at the radio end of the line. I have seen feed line situations where the water ran out of the radio or an inline meter after a rain.

Again, did you change your feed line when you raised the antenna?

<blockquote data-quote="Marconi" data-source="post: 213214" data-attributes="member: 903">After I posted above, I noticed your new info about the rain. &nbsp;The V58 has an exposed SO239 that is vertically positioned at the antenna feed point. These type connectors are not water tight and can allow water to get into the feed line. Over time this is not good for the copper shield inside the coax and it may also change the apparent match of the antenna temporally until you start to experience increased line losses.&nbsp;This may go away in a day or two if water is getting into your feed line. The only real way to check is to remove the feed line and hang it upside down and see if water comes out. If you wait too long to check you may not find water however, and then you won&#039;t know for sure. If your antenna is high then you have to invert the coax all the way or do the check at the radio end of the line. I have seen feed line situations where the water ran out of the radio or an inline meter after a rain.&nbsp;Again, did you change your feed line when you raised the antenna?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marconi, post: 213214, member: 903"] After I posted above, I noticed your new info about the rain. The V58 has an exposed SO239 that is vertically positioned at the antenna feed point. These type connectors are not water tight and can allow water to get into the feed line. Over time this is not good for the copper shield inside the coax and it may also change the apparent match of the antenna temporally until you start to experience increased line losses. This may go away in a day or two if water is getting into your feed line. The only real way to check is to remove the feed line and hang it upside down and see if water comes out. If you wait too long to check you may not find water however, and then you won't know for sure. If your antenna is high then you have to invert the coax all the way or do the check at the radio end of the line. I have seen feed line situations where the water ran out of the radio or an inline meter after a rain. Again, did you change your feed line when you raised the antenna? [/QUOTE]

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