Is it possible all the loss is in the coax itself i did the connectors myself and its been many years since i did one, the cable i used was stuff off of amazon. I am going to try and install the nanovna on my Ubuntu notebook and take a reading at the antenna with a short jumper to the vna and measure the antenna itself sure sounds like it was a waste of money other wise but i can still use the wires. I also wonder it this is due to the fact the 1:1 is not on centre of the span either. I am trying to find my best layout for an antenna in my back yard but its almost impossible for me to use an antenna that is centre fed the yard is 60ft wide and i have 97 feet from back of house to 6ft fence the house is 30 feet high i was thinking of some kind of end feed wire that sloped from the house to the 6ft wood fence in the back. I have also ordered a 100ft length of rg8x with the connectors done at factor should have it in a day or so to compare readings. Pretty new to HF the kenwood TS-440 is the first all band unit for me.
