I put up a 73' dipole antenna between two trees and hooked it up this week. The antenna is above the house and about 20' away. I let the ladder line droop until it was even with the eaves, then ran it along the eave to the balun. From there, I ran the heavy 400 coax down to a surge arrestor attached to a copper grounding bar, then another coax back up to a pass-through in my second floor window, then another length of coax to the Icom IC-7300. This was the wiring plan suggested by someone at Ham Radio Outlet to address my grounding concerns operating from a second floor.
It will probably come as no surprise that the SWR is pegged and the built-in tuner in the 7300 just beeps once and gives up. I tried running the coax from the balun directly to the radio, but the results are the same. I don't know if I'm misinterpreting the radio's SWR meter or if I really have a problem here. Don't want to burn out the transmitter.
Desperate for help. Anyone want to tackle this?
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It will probably come as no surprise that the SWR is pegged and the built-in tuner in the 7300 just beeps once and gives up. I tried running the coax from the balun directly to the radio, but the results are the same. I don't know if I'm misinterpreting the radio's SWR meter or if I really have a problem here. Don't want to burn out the transmitter.
Desperate for help. Anyone want to tackle this?
![IMG_5112.jpg IMG_5112.jpg](https://www.worldwidedx.com/data/attachments/21/21141-5141464a76f1fae08eda37f903147799.jpg)
![IMG_5115.jpg IMG_5115.jpg](https://www.worldwidedx.com/data/attachments/21/21142-d9135b8c338e60d3320c1be3dd83ca37.jpg)
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