I have an antron 99 in the yard 100 ft away from the trailer and is about 20 feet in the air. I am using about 130 feet of rg 8x coax cable. I am not using an amp. The radio does 100 watts but I am only using 80 watts. SWR's are good on 10 and 17 meters without a tuner. They are not too bad on 12 and 15 meters. Depending on which band I am on I have terrible RF problems. When I key up and talk my satalite tv. box goes crazy. Sometimes it shuts off or the channels change. Sometimes I have had to reset the box. I tried making an rf choke. I wound 5 turns of the coax cable onto a 4 in. piece of pvc and used tie wraps to secure it. I used tie wraps to secure the coax choke to another piece of pvc to insulate that from the mast. I thought I had the problem fixed but I guess not.
Should I start by upgrading the coax to rg 213u. Would that help?
Should I buy something like the radiowavz or mfj Rf isolation balun?
I would appreciate any help from you Elmers
Thanks
Whitedove
Should I start by upgrading the coax to rg 213u. Would that help?
Should I buy something like the radiowavz or mfj Rf isolation balun?
I would appreciate any help from you Elmers
Thanks
Whitedove