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Hi Colin.
Power readings are only meaningful, if the impedance of the antenna system
is near the impedance that the meter was designed for.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 04:28 PM 4/9/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>decrease? or increase?
>It seems as though with my ldg1, if the match is high, the out put power
>jumps way way up where it's not suppose to be...the higher the match, the
>higher the power reading.
>For instance, when i check swr on my 80M long wire on 160, the match is
>around 75 to 1, and the power is showing around 250 watts out of a 97 watt
>transmitter....
>even a match of 1.5 to one will offset the power by a few watts...not sure
>if this is just my unit or particular station configuration or not...if i
>get say a 2 to one match, my output power can sometimes show up to 5 or 6
>watts higher then what it is actually putting out.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 1:04 PM
>Subject: external tuners
>
>
> > Hi;
> > If you are using any type of accessible watt meter you will see the output
> > power decrease if the tuner can't get a good match.
> > Rich
> >
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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