Issue with high SWR on transmit
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Hello All,
I have a 20M D4D, and I think I may have a problem with it. ?
I have been a bit mystified?that I have so far only had 1 contact on this thing even though I've been on the air with in for many hours.? I had been thinking it is due to my use of an indoor experimental magloop antenna and the 1W is just isn't making it out of the house.? Yet...what has bothered me is that I have a WSPRlite that only puts out 0.2W and I get picked up all over the US....here is a picture of my spots I got on 20M today with my setup with 0.2 watts on my antenna. ?
I have good FT8 reception on the D4D...so the receiver part of the system is working like a champ.
I am just getting back into working on radios after a long hiatus and I have have an antenna analyzer, but I actually didn't have a normal SWR meter so that could read my transmissions?insitu.? Today I got one. ?...and low and behold...I have horrible SWR readings during transmit when I run the D4D. ? ?I have an Elecraft W1 Power Meter and the SWR pegs out when I transmit.? If I transmit into a dummy load, I get perfect SWR and perfect 1W output.?
I am using a?mag loop antenna that is tuned to the 14075 (see pic).? The?bandwidth shown is around 40kHz....so unless this thing is way off on the transmit freq or noisy as hell, I should not be seeing huge SWR.
Any ideas what is going on?? I would be curious what the spectrum my D4D looks like in transmit, but I don't have that test equipment yet.? I'm getting a Red Pitaya very soon...so I will be able to to measure that in the future. ?
I don't understand what is going on with the high SWR...any ideas? ?
Thanks,
Kurt-AE6UJ
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