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Someone suggested installing my dummy load at the end of the coax.
Where the pl259 goes into the antennas so239.
It sounds plausible to me. Will that let me know if the coax was compromised? After hooking up the dummy load at that point I will check out my SWR at the station. The odd thing about the situation is that the first day the temperatures Rose above 32 everything worked fine. The SWR was sitting steady where it normally does (1:2.1) on the meter (autek wm1,) but now it's acting up again. This is even with temperatures above freezing. The problem has to be the coax or the antenna itself I'm guessing. Thanks for the help. PS. I'd like to mention once again what's happening. After warming the rig and amp up the SWR is about above a 2. This is happening on both my stations (using dawia 2 position switch to go between stations) When I key the mic for about 5 seconds the SWR begins to drop. But still never gets to the 1.2 where it normally sits. The SWR is occasionally erratic jumping up and down quickly on the SWR meter.

<blockquote data-quote="Sonar" data-source="post: 613613" data-attributes="member: 47153">Someone suggested installing my dummy load at the end of the coax.Where the pl259 goes into the antennas so239.It sounds plausible to me. Will that let me know if the coax was compromised? After hooking up the dummy load at that point I will check out my SWR at the station. The odd thing about the situation is that the first day the temperatures Rose above 32 everything worked fine. The SWR was sitting steady where it normally does (1:2.1) on the meter (autek wm1,) but now it&#039;s acting up again. This is even with temperatures above freezing. The problem has to be the coax or the antenna itself I&#039;m guessing. Thanks for the help. PS. I&#039;d like to mention once again what&#039;s happening. After warming the rig and amp up the SWR is about above a 2. This is happening on both my stations (using dawia 2 position switch to go between stations) When I key the mic for about 5 seconds the SWR begins to drop. But still never gets to the 1.2 where it normally sits. The SWR is occasionally erratic jumping up and down quickly on the SWR meter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sonar, post: 613613, member: 47153"] Someone suggested installing my dummy load at the end of the coax. Where the pl259 goes into the antennas so239. It sounds plausible to me. Will that let me know if the coax was compromised? After hooking up the dummy load at that point I will check out my SWR at the station. The odd thing about the situation is that the first day the temperatures Rose above 32 everything worked fine. The SWR was sitting steady where it normally does (1:2.1) on the meter (autek wm1,) but now it's acting up again. This is even with temperatures above freezing. The problem has to be the coax or the antenna itself I'm guessing. Thanks for the help. PS. I'd like to mention once again what's happening. After warming the rig and amp up the SWR is about above a 2. This is happening on both my stations (using dawia 2 position switch to go between stations) When I key the mic for about 5 seconds the SWR begins to drop. But still never gets to the 1.2 where it normally sits. The SWR is occasionally erratic jumping up and down quickly on the SWR meter. [/QUOTE]

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