Quick antenna feedline question

[scan_madison]

Hello all,

I just erected center dipole antenna. It had a balun with female F connector. All I did was to connect the male F connector to hook to the antenna. And on the other end, I soldered BNC male that goes to the radio. Scanner is working fine. Just out of curiosity I performed a continuity test using a multimeter. Lo and behold, I noticed short between center and outside connection of the BNC male plug. I performed similar test with my other discone antenna plug and it doesn't show short.

I should have performed this test before erecting the antenna! Well, I thought I should ask here first. Erecting atenna was not fun to say the least. Again, the question is simply if it is normal to show continuity on the feedline.

Thanks.

 

[Ubbe]

Balun with F connector usually consists of a transformer that have almost zero ohm when measured witha multimeter. The impedance at RF frequencies are probably 10-100 ohm. I.E. nothing wrong with your antenna installation.

/Ubbe

 

[majoco]

...and discones are usually open circuit.

 

[scan_madison]

Thanks @Ubbe and @majoco for your inputs. This will save me from dismantling the antenna! Really appreciated.