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CHA WARC-D Troubleshooting and Maintenance

A WARC-D fault is easiest to isolate by treating each 30-, 17-, or 12-meter dipole as its own two-leg antenna. Confirm the correct matched pair before changing anything else.

Product Troubleshooting CHA WARC-D Reviewed 2026-07-14
Start with the operating choice: A WARC-D fault is easiest to isolate by treating each 30-, 17-, or 12-meter dipole as its own two-leg antenna. Confirm the correct matched pair before changing anything else.

How the documented system works

Inspect both wire labels and lengths, DIPOLE wing-nut connections, DIPOLE BNC, coax, insulation, strain relief, support geometry, and nearby conductors. Test one band pair at a time.

The boundary that prevents mistakes

Do not combine unlike legs, trim the wire before ruling out the feed line, or use a tuner to conceal an open connection. A station-end SWR trace includes the coax and installed environment.

Use this field sequence

Power down, lower and compare both legs, clean and secure connections, test or substitute the coax, restore the intended geometry, sweep at low power, and document which pair and condition failed.

Source boundary

CHA LEFS 4010 User Guide 250609. The current guide for the exact LEFS 4010 End Assembly, dipole kit, band, and completed geometry controls. Similar connectors or wire lengths do not prove compatibility.

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