On Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 7:13 AM stone_ridge_road <AB7Echo@...> wrote:
I would strongly urge that you do your tests into a good dummy load
with known good connectors ... ideally with no cable ... before you
do anything significant inside the rig.? And make sure you verify
the power out with a decent external power meter instead of just
relying on the internal readout.
When troubleshooting you want to simplify as much as possible at
each step.
73,
Dave?? AB7E
On 6/18/2023 5:30 PM, Neil Goldstein
wrote:
Sorry to reply to my own post, but I was hoping someone could
advise me.
Is there something I should be doing (see below) or should I be
happy with these numbers?
Thanks!
--Neil, W2NDG
Hi all,?
After resolving my update woes (thanks Art N2AJO !!) I feel
things are pretty stable.
I know that the rig should be capable of upwards of 40 Watts
on the lower bands. I'm not seeing that at 100% drive. Here is what I'm seeing, which I'm happy with, but would like
to know if I need to tweak anything or look for a problem: (Into a fairly resonant antenna on most bands but tuned to
close to 1:1) BAND? ? ? ? ? WATTS 80? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15 40? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?18 30? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?20 20? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?21 17? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?12 15? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?12 12? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?10 10? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?11
I would say accuracy is + or - 2 Watts with this setup. Sorry, I have misplaced my dummy load.
Anyway, is there anything I should be doing or looking at.?
Otherwise, I'm enjoying the rig.
