[Hi-zreceivingarraydiscussions] trouble shooting a 4 square

[Roger D Johnson]

On 4/25/2011 1:48 PM, contact wrote:
> Dan-san,
>
> Well stated..  Thanks.
>
> Dick
>
> On 4/25/2011 9:42 AM, dan edwards wrote:
>> L
>> 3. ( tip from Lee ) disconnect both 'short' and 'long' delay lines. now, the
>> controllerjust points to ONE antenna at a time. If you have the handy-dandly
>> battery poweredsignal generator ( 1840 khz or so ), each antenna should
>> should the same S-meterreading in the shack, as you walk it around to each
>> element and switch the controller. If you have a strong, steady BCB station
>> above 1500 khz, they should also give very similar S-meter readings on all 4
>> antennas....DONT FORGET TO HOOK IT BACK UP (dont ask me how i know...) when
>> you are done ( the delay lines ).   This can point you to a bad preamp or
>> bad feedlijne..... 4. sometimes, 160m is just 'strange'..........maybe that's
>> why we like it ??
>> 73, W5XZ, Dan
>> _______________________________________________
>
Does this apply to the 8 circle array also?

73, Roger

It appears to me that with no delay lines, as you switch
around, you would connect to "pairs" of elements. Still
a good troubleshooting tool though.

73, Roger