Huh? The shield touches the dielectric the full length of the cable, don't it ?

Did you mean:

make sure the shield is NOT touching the CENTER CONDUCTOR ?

I think yes, and of course that's true...

Is there a sensitivity setting on that SWR meter ? or is it one of them "preset" ones ? Does that one have a Forward and Reverse switch on it ? I think it does, cuz when you say "calibrate it", you mean set to forward, key mic, set sensitivity to set meter at full scale, unkey, switch to reverse, and key up ? Is that when it pegs full scale ?

You can do a rough test on MOST swr bridges by switching the IN and OUT on the coax cable and comparing the readings to what you get in the "proper" direction. If they are very different (but opposite, F becomes R) then beware of a funky swr bridge.

I said MOST... there are some that may not work properly in reverse, and I don't know a thing about the RS ones... may all be BS on my part... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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